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June 13, 2017

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News by Matt S. One of the best things about Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag (and, later, Rogue) was the ship-to-ship combat out at sea. Large sailing ships from back in the day were hard to manoeuvre and difficult to control, and this gave ocean combat a very different feel to…

E3 2017: Ni No Kuni 2 is happening this year, rejoice!

June 12, 2017

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News by Matt S. Ni No Kuni was one very special game. Developed in a partnership between Studio Ghibli (as in the people that made Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro) and Level-5, it was a beautiful, heartfelt, and rich monster-collecting JRPG with a great personality and soul. Related reading:…

Live podcast! Ubisoft’s E3 2017 conference was surprising and delightful

June 12, 2017

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Love ’em or hate ’em, Ubisoft is one of the most important publishers in the industry, and the company brought its A game to E3 2017. Big new game reveals included a new space toys to life title, Starlink, a new pirate ship combat game, Skull & Bones, and the…

E3 2017: Ubisoft #UbiE3 Press Conference Recap

June 12, 2017

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News by Lindsay M. Good morning/afternoon/evening fellow E3 followers! I’m happy to be back here with you for the Ubisoft press conference, occurring at 1 p.m. PST on Monday, June 12 (in Los Angeles, where the conference is located). I don’t doubt we’ll be seeing Assassin’s Creed, South Park, and…

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June 12, 2017

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News by Clark A. What springs to mind when you hear there’s a new cross over fighting game in development? Surely your mind sifts through images of Super Smash Bros. and the Capcom VS [insert company here] titles of the world. Perhaps you’re more in tune with the anime universe,…

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June 12, 2017

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News by Matt S. It’s no exaggeration to say that Life is Strange was one of our favourite games of last year. As a story-driven adventure game, it featured the kind of meaningful choices and branching arcs that meant we would often have to put our controllers down for a…

Live Podcast! On Microsoft’s show at E3, 2017

June 12, 2017

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Microsoft has now held its E3 conference for 2017, and as expected, we got all the details about the company’s new hardware revision, Microsoft Xbox One X. In addition, we got details about all the games Microsoft has coming, from the big blockbusters (Assassin’s Creed! A new Metro!) though to…

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June 12, 2017

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News by Matt S. I know that the 3D Dragon Ball brawlers that Bandai Namco has been pushing out have their fans, but they’re not for me, at all. I find them to be clunky, limited, and generally uninteresting games that lack the nuance and style of the top-tier fighting…

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June 12, 2017

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News by Clark A. As usual, Microsoft is the first of the big three console manufacturers to hold its yearly E3 show. With Project Scorpio on the horizon, the company will no doubt seek to trumpet the technical virtues of its upcoming console’s monstrous hardware. Perhaps we’ll get a couple…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, June 12, 2017

June 11, 2017

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News by Lindsay M., Matt C., and Trent P. 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…

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