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Why does Square-Enix hate Itadaki Street?

June 18, 2018

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Article by Matt S. (Note: I don’t think Square Enix actually hates Itadaki Street. Hah, got you to click). I never had much hope that the 30th anniversary release of Itadaki Street – known as both Fortune Street and Boom Street in the west – would get a release outside…

Review: The Lost Child (Nintendo Switch)

June 18, 2018

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Review by Matt S. The Lost Child is an incredibly poor take on Lovecraft. H.P Lovecraft is associated with a very specific tone of horror. It’s one of elditch nightmares from the cosmos, and things better left unseen. Indeed, Lovecraft’s very finest stories never even show you the creatures of…

Review: Vampyr (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 18, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Dontnod’s modus operandi is to put players through difficult moral choices. It was brilliantly executed in the masterful Life is Strange, but then that game was effectively a choose your own adventure. And as we all know, games without “gameplay” are immediately relegated to the hyper-niche.…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, June 18, 2018

June 17, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. and Matt S. 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…

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June 15, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. E3 is winding down, and I’m not sure about you, but I’m both completely wired and downright exhausted simultaneously. We’ve covered most the major press events as well as delved deeper into our favourite titles from the week, and we’ve got them all here so you…

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June 15, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. FMV (full motion video) video games may seem like something new, but they’ve actually be around since the 1980s. There’s no need for a full history lesson — that’s what Wikipedia is for — but in short several developers tried its hands at creating FMV titles,…

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June 14, 2018

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News by Clark A. The world probably wasn’t clamouring for another trip to the Kanto region from the original Pokémon games. Said region was accessible on the Game Boy, the Game Boy Colour, the Game Boy Advance, and the Nintendo DS. The 3DS even has access to three versions of…

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June 14, 2018

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News by Clark A. Nintendo gave an exhaustive breakdown of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3, revealing nearly 70 playable characters and dozens of stages. It seems not everyone is familiar with the newly announced character, Ridley, though and that upsets me. Appearing way back in the original 1986 Metroid,…

E3 2018: A deeper dive into Harold Halibut – A Handmade Adventure Game

June 14, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. If you blinked during Microsoft’s speedrun of ID@Xbox titles, you may have missed any one of the game’s featured. Blink at the wrong time, however, and you would have missed Harold Halibut from Berlin-based developer SlowBros. Of the nearly two dozen titles shown during this portion…

The catch-up coffee: Thusday, June 14, 2018

June 13, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. and Trent P. 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…

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