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Photo Gallery: The Digitally Downloaded staff, Miitomo style!

April 11, 2016

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Photo gallery by Lindsay M. It has been a couple of weeks since Miitomo hit the scene, and my early and completely biased opinion is that it is awesome. Of course, the mobile app isn’t without its issues: my biggest annoyance to date is that you can only add friends…

Catch-up coffee Monday: April 11

April 10, 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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April 8, 2016

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Video by Sam M. Since kicking off with the new, episodic, Hitman, there’s one particular scene that I simply can’t get out of my mind: the fashion show. It has all the hallmarks of a classic setting for something dramatic; it’s visually striking, it mixes high society and class. It’s…

Play-Asia review: Hatsune Miku Project Diva X (Sony PlayStation Vita)

April 8, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Miku’s back, baby, and she is oh-so-impossibly cute. Everyone who knows anything about me knows that I was always going to love Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X. That wasn’t ever going to be up for debate. And of course, I do love the game. I so…

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April 7, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. In the halls of the ancient Grand Library is the history of the world. There’s a legend that states if one tampers with a book stored there, the past would be entirely rewritten. Enter Iffy, who is about to experience an epic disaster while in The…

Review: Candlelight (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 7, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. Candlelight feels like a marriage between the modern platformer and a walking simulator. Its production values are wonderful and there is a sheer joy in every aspect of the game’s design which is infectious. This is backed by simple yet solid platformer mechanics which do a…

Review: Xblaze Code: Embryo (PC)

April 7, 2016

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Review by Mikhail M. Over the last few months, a lot of Japanese game publishers and developers have been dipping their toes into the PC platform via Steam. Aksys was one, publishing the Arc System Works-developed visual novel Xblaze Code: Embryo on Steam recently and while it’s fun, it also…

Devolver Digital is launching the lazy man’s way to rule a kingdom

April 7, 2016

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News by Matt S. Devolver Digital does like to throw some quirky stuff out there. Today it has announced that it is publishing a card-based monarchy simulation from developer, Nerial, called Reigns, where entire kingdoms are controlled with a simple, binary swipes of the thumb. Players take on the role…

Disney Crossy Road is live on mobile, and it’s adorable

April 7, 2016

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News by Matt S. We love Crossy Road at DigitallyDownloaded.net. It’s fun, it’s light hearted, it’s challenging, and it’s adorable. It became our Apple TV game of the year last year when we discovered that it is also a lot of fun in multiplayer. Related reading: The Aussies behind this…

Review: DiRT Rally (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 6, 2016

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Review by Nick H. There are more racing games with more tracks and more cars than DiRT Rally, but after having logged a lot of hours with this title, I am not sure there are many more racing games out there that are better than this one. This is a…

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