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It’s a The World Ends With You media blow out!

July 30, 2018

JRPG/News/Nintendo Switch/Square Enix/The World Ends With You

News by Trent P. Square Enix has revealed further information about The Worlds End With You: Final Remix, the Nintendo Switch release of the legendary Nintendo DS JRPG. For those who never played that original, TWEWY focuses on protagonist, Neku, who finds himself caught in a Reapers’ Game where he…

Review: Element (Nintendo Switch)

July 30, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Strategy games that focus on the future wars that humanity will fight over over the scarce remaining resources of the planet are becoming more common, and with good reason. Those wars, when they come – and so long as the world continues on the current capitalist…

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July 30, 2018

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News by Matt S. Over the weekend, another Wonder Festival came and went, the bi-annual event that Japanese figure manufacturers use to show off their upcoming new releases. As usual, it’s an event that I pay very close attention to, because it tells me what Hatsune Miku figures I’ll be…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, July 30, 2018

July 29, 2018

Bandai Namco/catch-up coffee/Dontnod Entertainment/Etrian Odyssey X/Iceberg Interactive/News/Shifting Tides/Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!/The Sojourn/Vampyr

News by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…

Video: The ten best fighting game characters

July 27, 2018

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Video by Matt S. One of the main reasons that I enjoy fighting games is for the characters – I’m not good at the games themselves, but if I enjoy the characters, I end up playing them for many, many hours. So I’ve made a video listing my ten favourite…

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July 27, 2018

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Review by Matt S One of my goals, somewhere down the track if I ever find the time to do it, is to design and build my own pinball table. I’ve got this great idea for a Hatsune Miku-themed one, and while a pinball table is a complex thing to…

Here’s some footage of Super Neptunia RPG in action

July 26, 2018

Artesian Studios/Compile Heart/Idea Factory/JRPG/News/Super Neptunia RPG

News by Matt S. Super Neptunia RPG is an interesting. It’s the first time that a game using Neptunia and her wild gang has been developed by a studio outside of Japan. There have been titles developed from outside of Compile Heart’s internal teams (Tamsoft, for example, has done a…

Review: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2018

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Review by Brad L. Capcom was never going to be content releasing just one collection of Mega Man X games; And so here we have a review of the second “collection,” which contains the second half of Mega Man X Legacy; X5 through to X8. For the most part, these…

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July 26, 2018

1C Company/Devil's Hunt/Layopi games/News

News by Matt S. Good try, 1C Company and Layopi Games. We all see what Devil’s Hunt is really about. Just as that DC comic series, Constantine, was about a dude that could trip his way into hell to kill demons and things, so too does Devil’s Hunt have a…

Review: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2018

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Review by Brad L. Hot on the heels of the excellent Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Capcom has seen fit to provide the world with even more nostalgia by releasing not one, but two Legacy Collections for the Mega Man X series. Not to be confused with the other two…

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