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Review: Senran Kagura Bon Appetit! (PC)

December 5, 2016

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. The almost entirely busty group of ninjas are back serving different kind of fanservice. Lured in by the promise of a secret ninja scroll of untold potential each one will put her cooking skills to the test in order to obtain the secrets of that scroll…

The DDNet Awards! Best game from Australia/ New Zealand

December 5, 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 5, 2016

December 5, 2016

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News by Britta S, Lindsay M, Matt SWelcome 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…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #5: Final Fantasy XV

December 4, 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 #4: Animal Crossing: New Leaf

December 3, 2016

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The 24 games of Christmas! Game #3: Mega Man Legacy Collection

December 2, 2016

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The Friday Ten: Ten deeper themes from Final Fantasy games that most don’t think about

December 2, 2016

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List by Matt S. The Final Fantasy series has regularly offered some of the deepest thematic explorations of any videogames out there. Everything from morality to mortality, fate to culture has been dissected and discussed through the games, and yet, come release date, so often we only end up with…

Review: Final Fantasy XV (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 2, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Stand By Me is an incredibly important film to the Japanese: while it may have been filmed in Hollywood and looks and behaves like a Western film, the subject matter of the film itself is of great relevance to Japan. Related reading: You really should watch…

The Final Fantasy TCG might just be my new addiction

December 2, 2016

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Article by Matt S. As a reformed Magic the Gathering addict, I thought I had escaped the clutches of collectible card games, or trading card games, or TCGs. These things are brutal on the wallet and, frankly, a person’s time. It’s not that I don’t like Magic the Gathering, Weiss…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #2: Story of Seasons

December 1, 2016

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