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August 10, 2015

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SMASH! Sydney has been a steadily growing event over the past couple of years. Focused entirely on anime, manga, and Japanese gaming culture it is one of the dominant opportunities for cosplayers to get their cos on, for the anime, manga and miniatures retailers to boost their sales, and for…

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August 10, 2015

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We already had our eye on Spiders Studio’s post-apocalyptic cyberpunk RPG, and now that a new trailer has been released our excitement has been multiplied tenfold! No words will do it justice, so watch here and prepare to be blown away: There are a couple things worth noting about the…

Catch-up coffee Monday: August 10

August 9, 2015

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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! Might & Magic Heroes VII…

The Sunday Screenshot Gallery: August 9

August 8, 2015

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Sharing screenshots is fun. In fact, the screenshot feature is in many ways the best feature that has been added in to this generation of consoles. It’s fun to share gameplay experiences, amusing anecdotes from the games, a indulge a little of the inner photographer in us. With that in…

The Friday Ten: Ten reasons I prefer female characters

August 7, 2015

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The push to have a more diverse range of characters and heroes in our games has been quite powerful over the last couple of years. Especially in the independent space, and especially in encouraging a broader range of female characters from all walks of life. There has been a certain…

Review: Submerged (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 7, 2015

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If there is any game that has come from Australia with a more heartful, potent, and downright valuable message to tell than Submerged, then I haven’t encountered it. Coming from the team that made the excellent-but-derivative Epoch games I wasn’t quite expecting to some across something so serene and meaningful,…

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August 7, 2015

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We at Digitally Downloaded are so psyched for SMASH! this weekend in Sydney, and we hope everyone reading this who is thinking of attending is too! If you haven’t picked up a ticket online, never fear – tickets are also sold at the door all day and the venue is…

Preview: Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence (PC)

August 6, 2015

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Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence marks an interesting return for a series that has been around in Japan, but we haven’t seen in the west for many years. Like many grand strategy games that are popular on PC but rarely seen on console (this game is also coming to PlayStation…

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August 6, 2015

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Thanks to the kind developer behind the quite excellent Red Goddess, we have five copies of the game up for grabs on PC! From our review of the PlayStation 4 release: “Red Goddess a great experience. Utilising strong emotions such as joy, fear, and anger could have been done with…

Review: Abyss Odyssey: Extended Dream Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 6, 2015

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Every time I play Abyss Odyssey I respect it more and more. I respect it not just because it’s a fun game (though it certainly is), but it is also because I like and appreciate what it represents. For Abyss Odyssey is a game by ACE Team, a Chilean developer,…

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