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Devolver Digital and the Serious Sam guys announce a new survival game, SCUM

August 17, 2016

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News by Matt S. Here’s a game production trio worthy of notice: popular grindhouse publisher, Devolver Digital has partnered with the team behind The Talos Principle and Serious Sam (Croteam), and developer, Gamepires, to announce a new survival game, SCUM. SCUM looks set to be a commentary around the bloodthirsty…

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August 17, 2016

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Review by Matt S. I still play Nethack to this day. When I was younger I played Nethack because it was free and I was happy to have a game of the sheer complexity that it offered for free, even if it meant I needed to put up with ASCII…

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August 16, 2016

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Review by Matt C. Obliteracers occupies a strange space. It’s somewhere between a car combat game and a kart racer, with the former’s focus on obliterating opponents, but along circuitous kart tracks rather than open arenas. It’s an interesting concept that adds a fresh spin on both genres, but sadly,…

Review: No Man’s Sky (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 16, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Since launching last week, No Man’s Sky has been met with more than its fair share of controversy. One of the biggest launches of a new IP by Sony was a massive commercial achievement, but there are more than a few people that seem to be…

Review: A.W.: Phoenix Festa (Sony PlayStation Vita)

August 16, 2016

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Review by Clark A. The recently aired The Asterisk War anime did not strike me as a modern classic. It’s a largely conventional battle-infused harem show and leans on the cliché personalities of its heroines. Nevertheless, there are some twists along the way and it goes down nicely as a…

Retro reflections: On making deserts horrific in Stone Prophet

August 15, 2016

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Retro reflections by Matt S. Back when Dungeons & Dragons was being managed by TSR, the company experimented with a massive range of “settings.” These settings took the basic medieval fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons, and twisted it to fit with other kinds of fantasy. There was the high magic…

Sekai Project bringing Connie Amarance to Steam

August 15, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Sekai Project continues to develop its impressive publishing portfolio as it brings Connie Amarance to PC via Steam. Developed by April Arts, the visual novel has over 50,000 downloads (and a rating of 4.5) to date on the Korean app store. Related reading: Sekai Project also…

Review: Bound (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 15, 2016

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Review by Matt S. It would be easy to dismiss Bound as being yet another artsy game developed by hipsters that doesn’t play as “cool” as the latest shootybang. I’m sure a lot of people will do just that to it. As usual with artsy hipster games, those critics are…

Review: Cannon Brawl (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 15, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. Right off the bat let’s talk about what Cannon Brawl gets absolutely right – it’s a real time strategy game which doesn’t have the dreaded “buffer zone”: the level of play between a novice player and an intermediate player where mechanical skill trumps actual strategic knowledge.…

Catch-up coffee Monday: August 15, 2016

August 14, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…

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