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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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June 11, 2017

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It’s E3 time! The annual event is always something that we look forward to at DigitallyDownloaded.net, as it tells us in no uncertain terms the games that we’ll be playing in the years ahead. This year, we’re running special DDNet live podcasts immediately after the EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft and Sony…

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June 10, 2017

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News by Lindsay M. Hello everyone, and welcome to the first of this year’s E3 recaps! Today’s only show was EA’s, which began at 12 p.m. PST on Saturday, June 10 in Los Angeles where the annual conference is held. I don’t expect much of the unexpected with this one,…

The Friday Ten: The ten best pre-E3 announcements

June 9, 2017

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List by Matt S. Every year, E3 is a huge event where we see an awful lot of new stuff from the big blockbuster publishers. But it’s hard for smaller developers and publishers to catch the attention of the media when they’re busy covering Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty…

Review: Arms (Nintendo Switch)

June 9, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I have to start the review by giving credit to Nintendo for bringing something genuinely new to the fighting game genre. Just as Splatoon was able to create something distinctive within a fairly staid genre, even as it operated within the bounds of familiarity so that…

Japanese History: Shinsengumi, the Wolves of Mibu

June 9, 2017

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History by Matt C. Aside from the various players of the Sengoku era, there few people in Japan’s history that command as much pop cultural fascination as the Shinsengumi. A small group of rōnin charged with policing Kyoto during the violent final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shinsengumi quickly…

The catch-up coffee: Friday, June 9, 2017

June 8, 2017

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News by Britta S. and Ginny W. 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…

Five great (but forgotten) alternatives to Pac-Man from the early ’80s

June 8, 2017

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Retro reflections by Matt S. Everyone knows Pac-Man. Even people who have never played a game in their lives will recognise Pac-Man. That distinctive yellow pie with a slice cut out of it is surely one of the most renowned and important videogame characters ever made. But in that early…

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