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Aussie-developed Pac Man 256 munching its way to PC, consoles

April 26, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Twitter is amazing. A lot of news begins with the chirps of users, including this story. As noted by Twitter user @lifelower, Hipster Whale’s Pac Man 256 has been rated for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on a Taiwan Game Software Rating Regulations Board list.…

This week on the DDNet podcast: The creator of Ninja Pizza Girl joins us to talk Australian games!

April 26, 2016

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Digitally Uploaded podcast! This week, we have special guest host, Nicole Stark, who joins us from Aussie developer, Disparity Games. Stark’s key game to date is Ninja Pizza Girl, a superb speedrun platformer that landed on PC last year, and is coming to…

Review: Risk of Rain (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 26, 2016

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Review by Matt C. The roguelike genre, in its modern, post-Spelunky incarnation, has achieved something remarkable: taking the epic journey from a first level peon armed with a blunt wooden sword to a big, badass warrior decked out in the most inconceivably flashy armour, and distilling that down into play…

Gadget review: Creative T50 Wireless speakers

April 25, 2016

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Review by Rob P. The first thing I did with these speakers was to play them to a couple of musicians. Not just any musicians, mind. One of them was fresh offstage from playing the world-famous Manchester Apollo, while the other used to be a drummer in a popular indie…

Review: Sega 3D Classics Collection (Nintendo 3DS)

April 25, 2016

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Review by Clark A. It’s no shock to see a compilation of Sega games hit the shelves in 2016. As a prolific publisher responsible for hardware that collectively held thousands of games, it has every right to celebrate its history. And it has, many times over. The house of the…

Pocket Card Jockey is the cutest thing ever

April 25, 2016

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Preview by Matt S. Due for a full release next month, a little demo for Pocket Card Jockey has arrived on the Nintendo 3DS, and immediately I have fallen in complete love with it. In the same way that Nintendo Pocket Football Club immediately grabbed my attention thanks to its…

Catch-up coffee Monday: April 25

April 24, 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 is back!

April 23, 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 best characters in Disney Crossy Road

April 22, 2016

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List by Lindsay M. Disney Crossy Road has been out for a couple weeks now, and I can say with ease I have spent far too much of my time tapping and flicking those gosh darn cute pixellated Disney characters to their deaths. The game is essentially a reskinned Crossy…

Review: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)

April 22, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Most people know what they’re getting in the inevitable Olympic tie-in games. In a bid to give players the chance to experience a whole range of different Olympic events, these tie in games go for breadth rather than depth, and never end up offering a particularly…

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