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Armello is coming to PlayStation 4, and that’s just awesome

May 27, 2015

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Armello, the Australian-developed digital boardgame that is best thought of as a cross between the Animals of Farthing Wood and Civilization, is inbound to console. Previously a PC-only release, the game has players choose a character from one of a couple of different animal clans, and then compete to take…

Gadget review: Imation Link Power Drive

May 26, 2015

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It’s almost refreshing that in a world where technology – especially consumer devices – are all competing with one another across aesthetics and design that one device would be brave enough to be ugly. That device is the Imation Link Power Drive. The Power Drive is like a device from…

Trailer: Extreme Exorcism looks crazy, and is now landing on Wii U and PlayStation 3!

May 26, 2015

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Independent publisher, Ripstone, in collaboration with Golden Ruby Games, has announced Extreme Exorcism, a manic 2D platformer/ party game, for the PlayStation 3 and Wii U. The game had already been announced for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but now a wider range of players will be able…

Review: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (Nintendo 3DS)

May 26, 2015

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Playing Code Name: S.T.E.A.M actually felt like a betrayal. Until this game Intelligent Systems had never done me wrong. From Fire Emblem to Pushmo, Advanced Wars to Paper Mario, Intelligent Systems has one of the most stellar track records of all developers, and its upcoming Fire Emblem and Shin Megami…

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May 26, 2015

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Just when you think tech news can’t get weirder… Everyone who reads Digitally Downloaded knows of Hatsune Miku, right? The anime girl creation of Crypton that was designed to sell vocaloid software has become such a popular character in her own right that Crypton has even developed special screen technology…

On Life is Strange: Episode 3: It’s all about the characters

May 26, 2015

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In what has quickly become my most anticipated update each month, Square Enix and Dontnod have unleashed the third episode of their arthouse narrative adventure, Life is Strange. As with my previous wrap, I won’t write a formal review, having already reviewed the first episode, until I can review the…

On the magic of rediscovering pinball

May 25, 2015

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I played pinball all weekend last weekend. It was a spectacular waste of time, but completely reinvigorated my love for gaming, amazingly enough. It’s actually funny how long it has been since I’ve played pinball for any real length of time on a real pinball machine. I’m a real, genuine…

Review: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 25, 2015

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the very epitome of blockbuster game design. In that lofty caste of game developers able to produce titles with obscene production values made by a veritable ant farm of workers it sits comfortably on an iron throne it carved from the bodies of its…

gumi Asia; on Chain Chronicle’s worldwide success and the need to be different to Japan

May 25, 2015

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Recently, gumi Asia’s port of SEGA’s Chain Chronicle hit a milestone; one million downloads of the English “worldwide” release. While it’s a free-to-play game, and therefore that massive number doesn’t translate directly into financial success, it is nevertheless a significant achievement when you consider that while people in the west…

Review: Ultratron (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 24, 2015

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Ultratron is a flashy twin-stick arcade shooter that gives players the goal of nothing short of complete vengeance. Taking control of a robot, players set out to eliminate its own kind after their total annihilation of the human race. How far he makes it against the robots of the apocalypse…

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