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How many of the best games of 2016 did you play?

January 1, 2017

Awards 2016/GOTY 2106

Welcome to a bright new year! 2017 is shaping up to be one of the best years for games that we’ve ever seen; the fact that Persona 5 and NieR: Automata are just two of the games on the way if proof enough of that. But, thankfully, January is still…

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2016

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It really is the best time of year, isn’t it? A couple of days ago it was Christmas. Now we’re partying to celebrate the New Year. 2016 was a pretty down year. There was a nearly endless series of disappointing news, and political tension through much of the year was…

This week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast: Christmas and New Year Special!

December 26, 2016

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Welcome to the end of the year! We hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas, and have some awesome New Year’s parties lined up. Our last podcast of the year is a special-length one, where we look back at the year that was, look forward to 2017, and generally be…

Merry Christmas everyone!

December 25, 2016

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Everyone on the DDNet team would like to wish all of our readers a very happy and safe Christmas. We hope that you have a great day with family, friends, children and Miku dolls (what…?), filled with great food, drinks, and gifts. Most of all, enjoy the time!…

It’s Christmas Eve! DDNet update for the holiday season

December 24, 2016

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‘Twas the night before release, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The headsets were hung by the chimney with care, In anticipation that our queen, Miku, soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #24: BlazBlue: Centralfiction

December 23, 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,…

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December 23, 2016

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Review by Matt C. What does Santa do when someone steals all the Christmas presents? A regular old St Nick might give up, or work extra hard to create a new stash of gifts. Not Aru, the bunny-eared, anime girl Santa, though – no, when someone steals her presents, she…

Review: We Sing (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 23, 2016

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Review by Matt S. I recorded some footage of me singing along to We Sing. One of the tracks in the game is Eternal Flame by The Bangles. That there is my tune. I sing it virtually every time I go karaoke (the ultimate drinking event if ever there is…

The DDNet Awards! Overall GOTY

December 23, 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…

If the Turnbull Government was sincere about improving Australia’s economy, it would support the games industry

December 23, 2016

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Opinion by Matt S. The treatment of the Australian games industry throughout 2016 by the government is the great unspoken proof of how weak, false, and ineffective the leadership of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been. In lacking the insight to realise just how valuable this industry could be to…

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