January is meant to be the quiet time of year, in terms of new releases, and that means it’s meant to be the time we catch up on the unfinished games from last year. But this year is set to get off with a bang, with a bunch of great…
When I played Hatoful Boyfriend last year, I didn’t really expect to get attached to the characters because it was marketed as a light hearted visual novel. But it wasn’t that at all. Hatful Boyfriend dealt with dark themes and emotions once you got past the initial silliness and delved…
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! Final Fantasy XIII hero becomes…
One of the neat little features that Nintendo has implemented into both its Wii U and 3DS consoles is a playtime recording app, that tracks which games you’ve been playing, and for how long. Nintendo probably implemented this so parents can make sure their kids aren’t spending too much time…
And just like that we’ve hit 2016! What a year 2015 has been, too, filled with all kinds of fun and a couple of controversies, followed by yet more fun. So, in the interest of having a quick look back at 2015, before we get crazy with all our New…
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! 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…
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…
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,…
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…
