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DDNet Awards wrap: The best games of 2015

December 27, 2015

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Over the past month, we’ve been running the DDNet Awards for the best games across a wide range of categories. We posted one winner per day across a couple of weeks. Because there were so many, unless you visited the DDNet site daily, you might have missed some of the…

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2015

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Merry Christmas! Our favourite day of the year has rolled around again, and we would like to thank all of our readers and friends for being part of the best year in DDNet’s short – but hugely entertaining – history. It’s been a year with plenty of fun, with some…

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo Wii U)

December 24, 2015

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Xenoblade Chronicles on the Nintendo Wii (and, later, New Nintendo 3DS), is a sprawling game with ambition well beyond what anyone thought the console could handle. At the same time, despite the game’s openness, its love of sending players on fetch quests, and the near endless incentive to keep backtracking…

Review: Yakuza 5 (Sony PlayStation 3)

December 24, 2015

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It is difficult for me to play the Yakuza games. Not because I don’t like them – quite the opposite – but rather because, every time I do play one of the Yakuza titles, I wind up feeling very homesick for Japan. Related reading: Why Don’t You Play In Hell,…

The 24 Games of Christmas! Day #24: Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

December 23, 2015

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It’s that time of year again! The Christmas countdown is a tradition at Digitally Downloaded. Like the advent calendars filled with a chocolate each day, with our Christmas countdown we highlight a game each day that is perfect to help you get through the silly season. Christmas is a time…

Review: Clannad (PC)

December 23, 2015

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Clannad has a lot of text. Clannad doesn’t have impressive graphics. Clannad is from a decade ago. There are several reasons people could use for disliking Clannad, but each one is another reason I can find to love the game even more. Clannad is a romantic visual novel that was…

Good Smile Company’s latest Hatsune Miku figurine is the cutest and sexiest yet

December 23, 2015

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Good Smile Company is my favourite company out there when it comes to Hatsune Miku. The premium collectibles outfit rarely does her wrong, but this latest figurine, the “Princess Knight” Racing Miku, might just be my favourite yet. Related reading: A small selection of my 12+ Hatsune Miku figurine collection…

Review: Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 23, 2015

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The Kung Fu Panda films were unexpectedly good in my eyes. Compared to most Pixar movies, I always saw DreamWorks as a cheap, unfulfilling alternative. But, surprisingly enough, the first Kung Fu Panda film was really great, and also game birth to a rather good adventure video game tie-in most…

The 24 Games of Christmas! Day #23: Steins;Gate

December 22, 2015

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Review: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Microsoft Xbox One)

December 22, 2015

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Blockbuster season is basically over now that the end of the year is upon us. One of the last big titles to sneak in this calendar year was Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, which puts a much higher emphasis on tactics and team play than most shooters do. The formula…

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