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This week on the DDNet podcast: Persona, Uncharted, Overwatch and Party Golf!

May 11, 2016

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Digitally Uploaded podcast! This week, we have another special guest host; the two-person team at Giant Margarita, Ian and Lindsay, who are busily producing the excellent-looking local multiplayer title, Party Golf. This week we talk about our reactions to some of the big…

Review: Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 10, 2016

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Review by Matt S. It’s good that SEGA saw fit to remaster Valkyria Chronicles for the new generation of console hardware. Not because it’s necessarily prettier with this new release; the game was already a timeless masterpiece of art direction on the PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation 4 hasn’t enhanced…

Review: MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 10, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Idea Factory is really running with its Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise. After a rough start, the main series hit on to a formula that made for some really quite entertaining games, and from there, Neptune and her buddies have become prolific stars that the company rolls out…

On making the music behind No Man’s Sky

May 9, 2016

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Interview by Matt C. Sheffield band, 65daysofstatic, is responsible for the music within Hello Games’ upcoming No Man’s Sky, but listening to their 2004 debut, The Fall of Math, an exploratory space opera is the furthest thing from my mind. There’s a strange blend of raw, industrial noise and beautiful…

Persona 5 is the perfect example of how a game franchise should be managed

May 9, 2016

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Opinion by Matt S. I am certain that by now everyone DDNet reader has seen the latest Persona 5 trailer and the announcement of the (Japanese) release date. If you haven’t all those details are here. Related reading: Matt’s review of Persona 4, this game’s predecessor. There is going to…

On games as a platform for propaganda

May 9, 2016

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Article by Matt S. Over at Daily Review, I’ve published a new piece, looking at how blockbuster games are increasingly used as a platform for propaganda, promoting nationalist (sorry, ‘patriotic’) ideological views, right through to outright xenophobia. That’s nothing new for the arts, of course – film, literature and other…

Review: Duelyst (PC)

May 9, 2016

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Review by Nick H. While best thought of as a collectible card game, Duelyst really does not look the part. It has a very stylised pixel art aesthetic mixed with a turn-based system that can make it a challenging game to drop into any one bucket. Perhaps that is the…

Catch-up coffee Monday: May 9, 2016

May 8, 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…

The Sunday Screenshot Gallery: 08/05/2016

May 7, 2016

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Sharing screenshots is fun. In fact, the screenshot feature is in many ways the best feature that has been added in to this generation of consoles. It’s fun to share gameplay experiences, amusing anecdotes from the games, a indulge a little of the inner photographer in us. Yes, after a…

The Friday Ten: The top rhythm games for current consoles

May 6, 2016

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List by Matt S. Funnily enough, I wasn’t really into rhythm games before this generation of consoles. I enjoyed them enough, but I never went out of my way to play them. That changed after I played the first Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F game on the PlayStation Vita. From…

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