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Hatsune Miku Project Diva Future Tone gets a minor update

April 17, 2018

News by Matt S. Yeah, this is a tiny bit of news, but it was also an excuse to write about Hatsune Miku again, so why not? On April 19, SEGA will release a patch for the Japanese version of Project Diva Future Tone. This patch – Version 1.06 –…

Review: Extinction (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 16, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. Extinction represents some of the unfortunate problems of mid-tier development: its scattered focus and cut corners lands it firmly in the good-but-not-great category, and thus it fails to either achieve the immersive spectacle of the AAA sphere, nor the affordable ingenuity of the indie space. It…

Review: Football Manager 2018 Touch (Nintendo Switch)

April 16, 2018

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Review by Matt S. There are few franchises that are more incomprehensible to people who aren’t in love with them than the Football Manager series. Taking out all the thrill of the on-field heroics of a football team, this series instead casts you as the manager of your own team.…

Stream: Dark Chronicle: My first play through (part 2)

April 16, 2018

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Video by Matt S. Good news! I know it was hard to hear me chatting along as I played Dark Chronicle last week in my first stream, but things are much better this week. Still not perfect (unfortunately in Dark Chronicle there’s no in-game way to turn down the music…

Review: The Adventure Pals (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 16, 2018

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Review by Priscilla M. The Adventure Pals developed by Massive Monster and released on PC/Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, is a colourful and vibrant action-adventure platforming game. You control a young boy named Wilton; whose birthday plans are interrupted by the evil Mr. B, who kidnaps your…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, April 16, 2018

April 15, 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…

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April 13, 2018

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Video by Matt S. I play a lot of JRPGs. A *lot*. And over the years Gust, despite working on tiny budgets, has become my favourite JRPG developer by far. In this video I look at some of the features that make Gust JRPGs so distinctive, beautiful, and interesting to…

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April 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. A new app has landed on the Japanese PlayStation Network for PlayStation VR. It’s called Chokabuki VR (“Super Kabuki”). And it’s delightful. Why? Because it treats you to a performance of Kabuki by our #1 girl, Hatsune Miku! And it’s free! Looking so beautiful and elegant…

Review: Killing Time At Lightspeed (Apple iPad)

April 13, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Killing Time At Lightspeed is one of the most effective conversations about the role, purpose, and deep, abiding flaws of social media that I’ve ever come across. It’s a text-driven narrative game, set in the era of space travel in which you play as a person…

Dead or Alive has a new character (sort of)

April 13, 2018

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News by Matt S. Over in Japan, there’s a PC version of the rather voyeurtastic (I’m trademarking that word) Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. And on that version of the game (which is formally called Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation), Koei has produced another new character, Tamaki. Related reading:…

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