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NISA is localising a crazy tank game!

April 12, 2018

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News by Matt S. This is something of a surprise delight; it’s what World of Tanks might be if it were an anime RPG thing. NISA has announced that it will be localising Metal Max Xeno for PlayStation 4 this Fall (Spring for Aussies). Here are the key features, from…

Review: Reverie (Sony PlayStation Vita)

April 12, 2018

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Review by Britta S. In The End of the Golden Weather, a classic stage play known to generations of New Zealand students, a young boy lives and struggles through a summer holiday in a small beachside township. Real life and imagination become intertwined for him as tensions rise and the…

Review: God Of War (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 12, 2018

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Review by Brad L. God of War has been one of those series that I just could not get into. With previous games, despite offering fast-paced action akin to what makes PlatinumGames titles so special, I couldn’t relate to the narratives whatsoever. Kratos was painted as a tough, merciless character,…

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle lands its first English dub trailer

April 12, 2018

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News by Matt S. I’m going to get this upfront: I have grave concerns about the roster of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. I mean, one of the games it crosses over with is Persona 4 Arena, in which Risette is a playable character (in Ultimax, the sequel), and instead the…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, April 12, 2018

April 11, 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…

Review: Gal*Gun 2 (Nintendo Switch)

April 11, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Have you ever read Georges Bataille’s work? Particularly his novel Story of the Eye? If not, it’s a useful way to understand and interpret a game like Gal*Gun 2. In fact, Gal*Gun 2 is the perfect example of so much of Bataille’s work and philosophy in…

Embargoes are becoming too restrictive

April 11, 2018

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Opinion by Matt S. To do our jobs as games critics, we often need to get access to a game ahead of its release date. Else we’re reviewing it after it has been released, and that’s not helpful to readers who are really keen on doing some reading up about…

Square Enix has patched the PC port of Chrono Trigger to fix it

April 11, 2018

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News by Matt S. Square Enix recently released a port of Chrono Trigger to PC that was… controversial, to say the least. The company had made a number of changes to the game – most signficicantly, messing with the game’s art to make it “HD” – and that didn’t exactly…

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April 11, 2018

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News by Matt S. Well, here’s a collaboration I would never have guessed at. Gust’s Atelier Lydie & Suelle is a delightful JRPG about two girls and their dreams to become master alchemists. And, apparently, they play a mean game of golf, with a special collaboration event with Everybody’s Golf.…

Review: Titan Quest (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 10, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Let’s talk about Diablo clones. It’s rare for a game to be so influential that it becomes a genre title in itself, but that’s certainly the case for Diablo. That original masterpiece, released far back in 1996, has joined the ranks of the likes of Rogue…

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