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See the first screens of Dontnod’s upcoming RPG, Vampyr

February 29, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Dontnod, the studio behind critically acclaimed Life Is Strange (I mean, it was our GOTY 2015!), has released the first screenshots for its upcoming action-RPG Vampyr. Set in 1918 London, Vampyr is set to be an incredibly immersive game steeped in vampire mythology. No sparkles here,…

Review: Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (Microsoft Xbox One)

February 29, 2016

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In Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, we have a game that manages to hone in on what worked the first time around, improve upon the formula and do something that the shooting genre absolutely needs: injecting a simple sense of fun into the whole experience. Honestly, I never really…

Review: The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 29, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Most people know that the Brothers Grimm, who we owe so much to for the modern fairy tale, offered anything but the Disney magic. As dark deconstructions that centred around themes such as innocence lost, greed, lust and pride, they were much more interested in being…

Review: Hero and Daughter+ (PC)

February 29, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. I’ve never been fond of dungeon crawlers. It’s not even close to a hatred through; it’s actually more of a neutrality. I can see their appeal, but I’ve never found one that makes me truly eager to play for more than a few hours.Related reading: Interested…

Catch-up coffee Monday: February 29

February 28, 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 places Far Cry can go next

February 26, 2016

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Far Cry Primal is out, and we liked it a great deal because it took the franchise somewhere completely differently. The setting and time period of Primal has had us at Digitally Downloaded thinking where the series could go next, kind of like how the Assassin’s Creed series got pretty…

Let’s have a serious discussion about localisation and games

February 26, 2016

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Despite the superb sales figures, the recent Fire Emblem game has been the subject of some incredibly fierce controversy. The reason for that controversy is that Nintendo, when localising the game, decided to engage in some self-censorship of the material, removing some parts of the game, and changing the dialogue,…

Review: Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition (Nintendo 3DS)

February 26, 2016

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Review by Clark A. Since its inception in the early nineties, Fire Emblem has been forward-thinking with its humanisation of war. In a period when competing titles had players manipulate generic tanks and infantrymen for glory or without context, Intelligent Systems’ tactics series put a face to each of its…

Review: Far Cry Primal (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 25, 2016

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Review by Sam M. There’s something very primitive about Far Cry Primal. Everything has been stripped back, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If anything, the excessiveness of the later games in the series at times often felt like Ubisoft had given up and just gave into players wanting…

Review: No Pineapple Left Behind (PC)

February 25, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. If there’s one thing that education and video games have in common, it’s that everyone seems to want to pay the very least they can to get the very best product possible – oftentimes putting an unbearable strain on the suppliers of the product. Teachers might…

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