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Fighting games and DLC, co-op gaming and more! (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #12)

April 3, 2018

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This week on the DDNet podcast, we chat about DLC and fighting games – with it looking more and more like the genre is heading towards F2P and expanding rosters via DLC, what are our tolerance thresholds for these things. Then we chat about that old chestnut – violence and…

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April 3, 2018

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News by Matt S. I like my horror smart. Good horror shouldn’t just be about mindless killing – it should weave psychological stories, tales of morality, address social themes. Even within the slasher or monster horror genre, there’s a vast difference between those that have some kind of intelligent basis…

The Aussie-made game about Arabian fantasy lands on console on May 4

April 3, 2018

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News by Matt S. City of Brass is a roguelite FPS – i.e. it’s similar to games like Immortal Redneck or Ziggurat in that it features random level design and players venture deeper and deeper until they’re finally defeated, at which point they start from scratch all over again. What…

Review: Warp Shift (Nintendo Switch)

April 2, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. I think it must just be something about the latter half of this decade – we’re experiencing a revival of well-designed puzzle games. Whereas in the early 2000’s, puzzle games found it difficult to maintain its market share due to increasing budget sizes and a move…

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April 2, 2018

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Video by Matt S. In my ongoing tests of streaming, I did a 30 minute stream of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, to which I invited some people, so I could try out streaming in a “live” environment. Related reading: Our review of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 You can…

Video: Dynasty Warriors 9 gets a new photo mode! What an update!

April 2, 2018

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Video by Matt S. A new patch for Dynasty Warriors 9 landed last week, and with it came a photo mode. A really, really good photo mode, no less. Related reading: Our in-depth review of Dynasty Warriors 9 In this video, we look at the photo mode in this game,…

The ten best really old arcade games

April 2, 2018

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List by Matt S. Since it’s the Easter long weekend here in Australia, that means just one thing – really lazy journalism! And there’s nothing lazier than the good old top-10 list. But seriously, since getting my arcade table last year, I’ve been reconnecting with an awful lot of the…

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April 2, 2018

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Video by Matt S. I have no idea if this will stick or it’s the kind of coverage that works for myself or in the context of what DDNet is doing, but I’m going to give streaming games a go over YouTube. Mostly because YouTube itself also then converts the…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, April 2, 2018

April 1, 2018

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News by 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 news anchor, Dee…

Video: Atelier Lydie & Suelle, Blue Reflection, and why Gust games look better than AAA blockbusters

March 30, 2018

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Video by Matt S. When people talk about “good graphics” in games, they generally refer to the hyper-realistic efforts you see in the likes of Horizon, Assassin’s Creed, GTA and so on. And those are certainly good looking games. Related reading: Our review of Atelier Lydie & Suelle But in…

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