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Australia’s game’s industry would like for arts minister, Senator Mitch Fifield, to finally pay attention, please

May 24, 2017

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News by Matt S. One of Australia’s major games industry bodies, iGEA, has published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the person who’s meant to be in charge of initiatives to support and grow the local game development industry. He is the Arts and Communications minister, after all, and…

Review: Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Nintendo Switch)

May 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I have played a lot of music games in my time. Some have been brilliant. Some have launched me into an entirely new hobby and fascination (yes, I’m talking about the Hatsune Miku games there). Some I find to be wonderfully like hearted and entertaining, like…

Review: Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I wasn’t all that keen going into Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, truth be told. I love Samurai Warriors with an absolute passion, but the Sanada aren’t high on my list of favourite samurai from those games (or history itself), and I was almost certain that…

Tactics RPGs, and we complain a whole lot about long games (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #19)

May 23, 2017

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Let’s get this disclaimer out of the way from the outset; we really like our JRPGs, RPGs, and other games that take dozens and dozens of hours to play though. But. But is it possible that these games are just too long, and unnecessarily so? Wouldn’t it be better to…

The catch-up coffee: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

May 22, 2017

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News by Britta S. and Lindsay M. 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…

Review: Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 22, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Back on the PlayStation 3 there was a rather interesting little game that came and went without garnering too much interest; but I found it utterly enjoyable. That game was Tears to Tiara 2 – a cross between visual novel and tactics JRPG, which in so…

Review: LocoRoco Remasterd (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 22, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. It’s hard to be angry in a room full of grinning faces. LocoRoco is proof of this fact – it’s a cutesy platformer developed by Sony CEJ originally intended as a flagship title for the PSP (along with the also very underrated Patapon series). A critical…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 22, 2017

May 21, 2017

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The Friday Ten: The ten best games of 2017 (to date)

May 19, 2017

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List by Matt S. It has been one incredible year for game releases so far in 2017… unarguably one of the best front ends of the year ever. Things will settle down just a little over the coming weeks as we ramp towards E3, and all the excitement that brings,…

Review: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Nintendo 3DS)

May 19, 2017

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Review by Matt S. It amuses me to think that the Fire Emblem that may just represent the way forward for the series is the remake of a very old game. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is actually a remake of the second Fire Emblem, originally released back on…

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