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Review: Dark Souls III (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 4, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Dark Souls III is a superb game that mixes a gothic, melancholic atmosphere with genuinely challenging combat and a narrative that obscures the true, startling revelations behind its thick fog and inky, unforgiving darkness. It obscures, but it doesn’t hide; you can learn Dark Souls III,…

Review: EA Sports UFC 2 (Microsoft Xbox One)

April 4, 2016

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Review by Nick H. I enjoyed EA Sports UFC well enough when it first came out, despite its numerous issue. I am happy to say that EA Sports UFC 2 has improved upon a lot of those issues and offers up a good, technical fighting experience unlike much else on…

Catch-up coffee Monday: April 4, 2016

April 3, 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 Friday Ten: Ten PlayStation 2 games we want upscaled for PlayStation 4

April 1, 2016

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List by Matt S. The PlayStation 2 is arguably the greatest console that we’ve ever seen, and that’s because it had one of the most incredibly deep libraries of content. Unfortunately the console is now very old and more than a few of the best games on it have become…

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X is indeed coming in English

April 1, 2016

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News by Matt S. Fall 2016 release in North America. No word yet of a European release (yet), but PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions confirmed. That’s it. That’s all I need to say. Best news all year. SEGA’s doing right by our girl. – Matt S. Miku Fan To The…

Review: TrackMania Turbo (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 1, 2016

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Review by Brad L. TrackMania is a series that made its name on PC and Nintendo consoles in the mid-2000s, without any such release on a Sony or Microsoft console for over ten years. After nine games in the series, that trend has finally been bucked with the release of…

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March 31, 2016

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Article by Sam M. Would you like to order FINAL FANTASY XV? That’s what you’re prompted to do once completing the Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo, and it’s the general feeling from the Unearthed presentation that occurred earlier today. Square Enix has realised that people are going to spend big…

Review: Trillion: God of Destruction (Sony PlayStation Vita)

March 31, 2016

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Review by Matt S. They often say that some of the most experimental and interesting content comes to game consoles at the start, and end, of their life spans. With the PlayStation Vita in its twilight, that idea is certainly holding true, because Trillion: God of Destruction is one incredibly…

Review: Kingdom Wars 2: Battles (PC)

March 31, 2016

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Review by Nick H. Despite not having heard of the Kingdom Wars series before, I came away pleasantly pleased with what the title had to offer. It is a unit-based real-time strategy game in the vein of Total War that does most things rather well. And, while it starts out…

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March 30, 2016

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Interview by Hamza A. One of the true cult classics in the horror genre is Pathologic, a game about surviving in a plague-ridden, quarantined town, by Russian developer, Ice-Pick Lodge. Though the original game back in 2005 was something of a cult hit, rather than a best-selling masterpiece, the game…

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