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June 19, 2018

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News by Matt S. Miku bless FuRyu. The group behind niche gems such as Lost Dimension and The Caligula Effect might not often find commercial success, but its games are always so smart and stylish, the announcement of a new one will always get me excited. FuRyu’s next one is…

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June 19, 2018

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E3 has come and gone for another year, and in this podcast we do a full wrap of everything we loved and wasn’t so enamoured with from the show. And that’s it – the podcast is what we loved, what we found to be a bit “meh”, and what we…

Why I hate “battle royale” games

June 19, 2018

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Opinion by Matt S. It’s impossible to get away from these battle royale games. The genre got its start with PUBG, before Fortnite really took the mantle as the blockbuster that everyone wanted to emulate. And now Call of Duty, Battlefield, and all the other hyperviolent shootybangs are desperately trying…

We have a release date for Warriors Orochi 4!

June 19, 2018

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News by Matt S. Warriors Orochi 4 is going to be great. Bringing together all the heroes from the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors franchises has always been a recipe for success, and we can’t see Koei Tecmo letting us down with this latest one. We now have a release…

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…

e3-2018-ddnets-wrap-up

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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