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Hands on with Akiba’s Beat; the game that would be Persona 5-2

April 18, 2017

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Preview by Matt S. Due out in the west in around a month, Akiba’s Beat is a sequel to the delightfully oddball Akiba’s Trip (though it plays nothing like it), and comes to us from the very talented, and often underrated, development house, Acquire. Related reading: Matt’s “review” of Persona…

Review: The Disney Afternoon Collection (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 18, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Ahhhh nostalgia. You can never keep it down. And that works out really well for game developers and publishers, who can dip into those back catalogues every so often to create a “classic game” collection and the sell it off with a minimum of development work.…

The Nintendo Switch has pleasantly surprised us, and Drawn to Death has not (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #15)

April 18, 2017

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Nintendo held another of its Nintendo Direct web shows, which was mostly there to show off what’s coming up for the Nintendo Switch. So, naturally, we had a chat about that this week. We have been really pleasantly surprised by the Switch so far, and we chat about how Nintendo…

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April 17, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Generally when people think about the Vikings, they think about incredible warriors with fearsome reputations raping and pillaging their way through the territories of others. Occasionally people’s knowledge of the Norse will extend as far as their religion (or, at least, the military warrior-Gods like Thor…

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April 17, 2017

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Review by Matt C. The year is 1970. In a remote area of Quebec, renowned private detective Carl Faubert is investigating a string of vandalism attacks against the property of storekeeper W. Hamilton. Bit when Hamilton turns up dead and a blizzard traps Carl in this seemingly deserted community, things…

Review: Gumballs & Dungeons (Apple iPhone)

April 17, 2017

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Review by Moshe R. Of the different factors that go into the design of a game, its business model is probably one of the least appreciated ones. That is to say, despite us not really caring what ingenious trick a game is trying to pull on us in order to…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, April 17, 2017

April 16, 2017

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News by Britta S., Ginny W., 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…

The DDNet Debate: On music and soundtracks; what works, what we love, and what we don’t

April 14, 2017

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Welcome to this week’s DDNet Debate, where the whole DDNet team comes together to discuss something that we’re passionate about with games. This week we’ve decided to chat about the use of music in games; when it’s done well, music can turn a great game and make it exceptional, but…

Short ‘n Sweet reviews: PlayStation VR edition

April 14, 2017

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Reviews by Matt S. I don’t get as much time to play PlayStation VR as I would like to at the moment. I love the hardware, but it’s a little hard to throw the headset on when Persona 5, NieR: Automata, and other games have been keeping me so busy…

The catch-up coffee: Friday, April 14

April 13, 2017

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News by Britta S., Lindsay M., Matt C., 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…

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