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Review: Here They Lie (Sony PlayStation VR)

October 31, 2016

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Review by Matt S. “Italian neorealism” is a phrase you’re not likely to hear unless you study film at university, or are among the most hardcore of film buffs, but it was an enormously influential movement in European cinema that informed a lot of its future development. Also known as…

The catch-up coffee: October 31, 2016

October 30, 2016

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News by Brad L., Lindsay M., Britta S., and 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…

The Friday Ten: Ten very Japanese horror games to play this Halloween!

October 28, 2016

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List by Matt S. It’s Halloween time! Depending on where you live in the world that can mean anything from Trick ‘n Treating to getting dressed up in crazy costumes and going to boozy parties. Or you could just stay at home and play horror games. That’s what we’re doing.…

Catching up with Dead or Alive 5: Last Round’s recent DLC

October 28, 2016

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Article by Matt S. I haven’t played Dead or Alive 5 for quite some time. Not because I’m sick of it by any means (indeed, it’s incredible how much this game has stuck with me from when I first played it on the PlayStation 3 in 2012), but just that…

Review: Worlds of Magic: Planar Conquest (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 28, 2016

4X Strategy/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Strategy/Worlds of Magic/Worlds of Magic: Planar Conquest

Review by Matt S. Genuine 4X games are hard to come by on consoles, and I’ve never been quite sure why. Civilization 2 ran just fine on the original PlayStation, many years ago now, and Koei (now Koei Tecmo) has been producing games like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and…

Worth revisiting in VR: Bound and Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

October 27, 2016

Bound/Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X/PlayStation VR/VR

Article by Matt S. With all the excitement around new VR games on the PlayStation 4, there’ve been a fair few older games that have quietly had updates and patches to make them compatible with PlayStation VR. In between all the new games I did want to quickly highlight a…

Review: Ace Banana (Sony PlayStation VR)

October 27, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Virtual Reality requires an entirely different approach to game design, and it’s going to take some time for developers to truly start to master what VR can do. Remember back on the PlayStation 1, where developers had access to the right kind of hardware to easily…

Review: Thumper (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 27, 2016

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Review by Matt C. Thumper is described as a “rhythm violence game”, which seems fitting for a game that regularly makes me want to throw my controller at the head of the next passerby. One could also call it a “rhythm masochism game”, because as infuriating as it is, I…

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October 27, 2016

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News by Matt C. A variety of socioeconomic factors mean that free enterprise – including game development – is very limited in Cuba, but one studio has launched an Indiegogo campaign in the hopes of producing the country’s first commercially-available independent game: Savior. It’s a 2D action platformer that’s “full…

The catch-up coffee: October 27, 2016

October 26, 2016

Australia/Cyber Dimension Neptune/Framed/Framed 2/Gal*Gun/Nier Automata/Schoolgirl Strikers/Suikoden/Suikoden IV

News by Matt S., Britta S., Lindsay M. 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…

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