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Review: Super Bomberman R (Nintendo Switch)

March 13, 2017

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Review by Jim S. It’s been a good six years since the last Bomberman game was released, but it’s good that the series, which kicked off way back in 1983, is still kicking around. I always liked Bomberman games, though the series has flagged a bit in recent years, with…

Review: Voez (Nintendo Switch)

March 13, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I didn’t think I could truly love a rhythm game that didn’t have Hatsune Miku in it. True story; I wasn’t even a fan of the genre before I played Project Diva on the Vita for the first time and was introduced to the green-haired angel,…

Gadget review: Western Digital My Book; the perfect external drive for your PlayStation 4

March 13, 2017

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Hardware review by Matt S. Last week, Sony did something that absolutely delighted people struggling to actually play all the games that were being released on the console; it released an update to the PlayStation 4 operating system to allow it to recognise external hard drives. While you’ve always been…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, March 13, 2017

March 12, 2017

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News by Davis A., Matt C., and Britta 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…

The Friday Ten: Ten of the most important and creative women in the games industry

March 10, 2017

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List by Harvard L. This week saw International Women’s Day come and go; one of the rare moments where the games industry does (for the most part) stop to properly celebrate the vital role that women have in producing the games that we love. Without the incredible talent of women…

Retro reflections: On my love for Drakengard

March 10, 2017

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Retro reflections by Davis A. With NieR: Automata now in the open and receiving critical acclaim (you did it Yoko Taro, you finally did it!); I thought to myself, what better time to write about what makes Taro’s games so special, and specifically my favorite (for now) of them all,…

Have a slumber party with Hatsune Miku, and other DLC news

March 10, 2017

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News by Matt S. This week brought some good news for owners of both the Japanese and English versions of Hatsune Miku: Future Tone. English versions got the second DLC pack. Japanese versions got the third, which is new. The second DLC pack has a one of the real classic…

Review: Malicious Fallen (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 10, 2017

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Review by Matt S. When I first played Malicious, back when it was a cheap PlayStation 3 downloadable game, I really didn’t like it much. Fast forward a couple of years to Malicious Fallen, and I’ve about-faced on that. I really like this game. I don’t know if there have…

The catch-up coffee: Friday, March 10, 2017

March 9, 2017

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News by Britta S. and Davis A. 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: Torment: Tides of Numenera (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 9, 2017

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Review by Matt S. One of the greatest narrative game experiences you could ever hope to play is Planescape: Torment. At a time when most RPG narratives weren’t much more than excuses to funnel players from one battle to the next (you could say that not a lot has changed…

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