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December 19, 2016

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Review by Matt C. Car combat games have never really been a dominant genre, but if they ever had a heyday, it was the 64-bit era. The genre goes back a lot farther than that – Taito released Crashing Race in 1976 – but the latter half of the ‘90s…

The DDNet Awards! PC Game of the Year

December 19, 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…

The catch-up coffee: December 19, 2016

December 19, 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 #19: Megadimension Neptunia VII

December 18, 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,…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #18: Mario Party 2

December 17, 2016

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The DDNet Saturday Crossword!

December 17, 2016

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Is there a better way to kick off the weekend than with a good cup of coffee and a good crossword puzzle? We might not be able to give you the coffee, but we now have you covered with the crosswords. Welcome to our new weekly crossword puzzle! Each week…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #17: King of Fighters XIV

December 16, 2016

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The Friday Ten: Ten games we’re really (really) looking forward to in 2017

December 16, 2016

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List by Matt S. It’s the last Friday Ten of the year! Don’t worry, we’re still around to the end of next week, but with Christmas coming next weekend we’ll be having a couple of well-earned days off this time next week. Otherwise we’ll go insane, and you don’t want…

Review: Rome: Total War (Apple iPad)

December 16, 2016

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Review by Matt S. As a platform, the Apple iPad and other tablet devices are perfect for strategy games. The immediacy of interaction, through touching units and characters to direct them about, has an experiential element that helps strategy games as well, making you feel like an omnipresent commander with…

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December 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. When I was in Japan earlier in the year, I went along to the Hatsune Miku concert and exhibition, and one of the exhibitors really caught my eye. Gatebox, it was called, and it was promising to put a Miku hologram in your living room.Related reading:…

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