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The Friday Ten: Ten games to cheer you up when you’re sick

June 23, 2017

List by Matt S. I’ve been really, really sick this week. Sick enough that if it wasn’t for the awesome efforts of the entire DDNet team, the website would have been all tumbleweeds this week. Now that I’m somewhat on the mend, I’ve been hit with a bit of a…

Review: Victor Vran (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. The unfortunate reality about the entire “Diablo clone” genre is that it’s impossible to make a top-down perspective, loot-heavy, narrative-light game without having your game compared to Diablo. It’s right there in the genre title. Most games – in fact, almost all games, do not come…

The fast five with Lachlan Snell; the Aussie building awesome fanservicey anime games

June 22, 2017

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Interview by Matt S. Australia has such a vibrant community of game developers! We might not have any large developers of AAA-games any longer, but we have many indie developers, doing many interesting and creative things. The fast five series of interviews is designed to highlight some of Australia’s creative…

Review: Neko Navy (PC)

June 22, 2017

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Review by Matt C. If you want your game to stand out, adding cats is a good way to go about it. Sure, cat games are fast approaching a level of saturation to rival zombies, but we’re not there yet – and a screenshot with a cute cat in it…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, June 22, 2017

June 21, 2017

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News by Britta S., 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…

Review: Mighty Gunvolt Burst (Nintendo Switch)

June 21, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. Mighty Gunvolt Burst comes at an exciting time for the Nintendo Switch – it’s the first hardcore platformer available for the console, and it arrives before Nintendo’s own Virtual Console does so it won’t need to compete with the retro games it aims to emulate. Inti…

Review: AstroDuel (Nintendo Switch)

June 21, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. One of the first games ever released was called Spacewar. In that game, two players controlled ships which rotated and moved in an unwieldy way, trying to shoot the other ship before their own was destroyed. AstroDuel Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch is what Spacewar would…

Review: Mages of Mystralia (PC)

June 20, 2017

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Review by Ginny W. Contrary to the associations that the name may bring to mind, Mages of Mystralia wasn’t gestated by a studio nestled somewhere in Sydney. The minds behind Mystralia are actually based in Montreal, and the studio itself – Borealys Games – is a small but enthusiastic indie…

A month of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood – Diary 1: First Steps in a New World

June 20, 2017

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First impressions by Matt C. After plenty of anticipation, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is finally here, bringing with it new areas to explore, new jobs to level, and a new chapter in the story of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. I’ll have a full review together in a few…

The Nintendo wrap! Also all things E3 and getting back into Final Fantasy XIV (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #22)

June 20, 2017

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It’s time for the final podcast on this year’s E3 show. This week we talk about what we liked (and didn’t), and talk in-depth about Nintendo, which we were particularly impressed with this year. Also this week we talk about Final Fantasy XIV, which has a new expansion just out,…

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