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Review: Railway Empire (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 29, 2018

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Review by Matt S. There aren’t enough railway tycoon games out there. Or tycoon simulators in general. What was once a thriving sector of the industry has slowly whittled away, and while there are some impressive looking attempts on the horizon (SEGA’s take on a hospital manager looks especially impressive),…

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January 29, 2018

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Video by Matt S. Kalypso has just released Railway Empire, a new simulator that puts you in control of building up a rail network. And it’s so, so good. I’ve got a review for the game coming later today, but in the meantime I’ve put together a video looking at…

Review: Purrfect Date (PC)

January 29, 2018

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Review by Lindsay M. At the ripe old age of 32, I’m already as close to a crazy cat lady as you can get. We don’t have kids — but we do have three cats. It was only supposed to be two but then I found a needy stray and……

The catch-up coffee: Monday, January 29, 2018

January 28, 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…

Come join us in our new forum!

January 28, 2018

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News by DDNet team. It’s something that we’ve had requested of us quite a few times over the past couple of years, so we’ve gone and launched a new forum. It’s free to sign up, post new threads, and have discussions with other people, of course, so click on over…

VIDEO: Learning history through Samurai Warriors! Kaihime and the Hōjō clan

January 26, 2018

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Video by Matt S. One of the most fascinating stories through the Sengoku period of Japanese history (which forms the basis of Samurai Warriors) is Kaihime, one of the few women through the era to pick up a sword and command soldiers on the battlefield. She was excellent at it,…

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January 26, 2018

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Review by Matt S. I really wish I hadn’t already declared the worst game of 2018, because there’s already genuine competition out there for that title, as Rento Fortune lands as a “premium” game on PlayStation 4. It’s a galling, trashy, unapologetic clone of Monopoly… which is all the more…

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January 25, 2018

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News by Matt S. Dungeons 3 is a really delightful little simulation/ RTS game. You play as the evil, build up a dungeon, stock it full of devious traps and monsters, and then beat back the forces of good, both as they invade your dungeon and on the surface. There’s…

Shadow of the Colossus looks even more beautiful in black & white

January 25, 2018

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Screenshots by Matt S. In addition to having a complete graphical overhaul, the upcoming remaster of Shadow of the Colossus has one key feature: a comprehensive screenshot mode. This is something that Sony would be appearing to mandate across all its games, as we’ve seen basically the same thing in…

Review: Lost Sphear (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 25, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Coming off the back of I Am Setsuna, one of my favourite games in the year that it was released (and indeed it won more than a few awards in the DDNet awards that year), Lost Sphear is so remarkably similar it’s staggering, and that’s a…

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