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Lost Odyssey is free on Xbox One and Xbox 360 this month

December 15, 2016

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News by Matt C Until December 31, the acclaimed Xbox 360 JRPG Lost Odyssey is freely available on Xbox 360 and Xbox One – for everyone, not just Xbox Live Gold subscribers. To get the game, simply go to the game’s page on Xbox Marketplace and click “Download to Xbox…

The catch-up coffee: December 15, 2016

December 15, 2016

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News by Britta S, 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 us (and our favourite news anchor,…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #15: Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2

December 14, 2016

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Ho, ho, ho, and Merry Christmas! Christmas is a wonderful time of year. If you’re in the north then you get to enjoy snow, hot drinks, the wonderful colours of decorations and the smell of a freshly-cut Christmas tree. If you’re south of the equator, it means blistering hot weather,…

Review: Laser Disco Defenders (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 14, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. I’m actually surprised that more games don’t adopt the disco aesthetic in their design. With infectious music, bright colours and striking character designs, Laser Disco Defenders positively exudes joy. It’s a 2D shooter featuring procedurally generated levels and rogue-lite influences which revolves around a unique mechanic:…

Blue Reflection may just be the most beautiful game we’ve ever seen

December 14, 2016

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News by Britta S. Gust wasn’t lying when it promised that in 2017 it would release what it calls the “beautiful girls trilogy.” The company was talking this trilogy of unrelated games up at Tokyo Game Show, and while we already knew about Atelier Firis and Nights of Azure 2…

Review: The Little Acre (Microsoft Xbox One)

December 14, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. Wow, The Little Acre is gorgeous. That’s the first thought that popped into my head when I saw the debut trailer for the game back in August, and it remained was one of the prevailing thoughts I had while giving the game an early playthrough. Coming…

The DDNet Awards! Mobile Game of the Year

December 14, 2016

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Welcome to the DDNet Awards, our annual celebration of the best and brightest games that we’ve been playing throughout the year. It has been a really good year for games in 2016, with great examples of every genre popping up through the year. Across 15 categories over the next three…

Review: Dead Rising 4 (Microsoft Xbox One)

December 14, 2016

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Frank West has done it all. He covered the original zombie outbreak in Willamette USA for which he himself got infected for his efforts. He then helped develop a cure for it which then become a well-known pharmaceutical product known as Zombrex which helped both Frank…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #14: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone

December 13, 2016

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This week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast: All about Sony in 2017

December 13, 2016

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After a controversial 2016 in some respects, Sony is looking at having one of its best years ever in 2017. This week, the DDNet team, joined by special guest, Brendan Votano, the indie game developer behind Sydney’s Blue Volcano, discuss the PlayStation Experience and Sony Mobile shows that is has…

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