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Review: Croixleur Sigma (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 1, 2016

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Croixleur Sigma, which originally released upon the PC last year, has now made its way to both Sony’s PlayStation 4 and its Vita. Featuring a mysterious tower that acts as a spawning ground for monsters to pour out of, in this game you’ll be exploring and battling with one of…

On the music of Duet

February 1, 2016

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Duet is a decidedly simple indie game that sees you guiding two coloured orbs around static and moving obstacles, and these are abstract in the extreme; they amount to no more than squares and rectangles. Despite the minimalism and simple gameplay, the naming of the levels after the Kubler-Ross Model…

Review: Zombie Vikings (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 1, 2016

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It was another normal day in Valhalla. Odin was pimping out his staff with glitter until Loki walks into the door, accusing Odin of using glitter again. He then goes on a rant asking why they can’t just hang out like family before promptly stealing Odin’s Eye and waltzing out…

Catch-up coffee Monday: February 1

January 31, 2016

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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! The biggest-selling game of the…

The Friday Ten: Ten ways to make Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 a better game

January 29, 2016

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Dead or Alive Extreme has always been a divisive series – it’s the pet project of Tomonobu Itagaki, but it also pushes the boundaries of voyeurism in games to a completely new degree. But hey, if we’re going to have a pet project we might as well make it interesting,…

Review: Megadimension Neptunia VII (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 29, 2016

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Gametrailers recently included the Hyperdimension Neptunia series in a “top 10 game franchises that need to die” clickbait feature. What utter nonsense; as we can see with Megadimension Neptunia VII, the series continues to go from strength to strength, and you don’t let a series “die” when it’s doing that.…

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January 29, 2016

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It’s a little odd, listening to the soundtrack for Xenoblade Chronicles X separate from the game itself. That, of course, applies to most game soundtracks, because game soundtracks have generally been written around what the other creatives on a game development team have come up with. But I don’t mean…

Review: Radiohammer (Nintendo 3DS)

January 28, 2016

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been playing loads of rhythm games. Thanks to how import friendly many of them are, I’ve even picked up a bunch we’ll never see in the west, such as IA/VT Colourful. My current obsession with them made me more than excited to check…

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January 28, 2016

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The Witness has now been released. We have a review on the way, but it’s a heck of a large game, and has a lot to unpack, so we’re making sure we make good use of our time with it first before committing pen to paper. The purpose of this…

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January 28, 2016

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There are plenty of games out there that share the defining mechanics Pokémon has perfected over the years; collecting, training, and battling monsters. With the likes of Yo-Kai Watch putting a uniquely Japanese spin on the little JRPG subgenre, Moco Moco Friends feels like the logical extension of that motif…

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