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Hyrule Warriors 3DS is a thing… and it might even have a female Link

June 11, 2015

Looks like someone at Koei Tecmo made a mistake and hit the “publish” button on a trailer too soon; eagle-eyed people of the Internet noticed a trailer for a Hyrule Warriors on Nintendo 3DS title. Related reading: Our review of Hyrule Warriors on the Nintendo Wii U. The video has…

E3 2015 expectations: Nick’s thoughts

June 10, 2015

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Each year in the week leading up to E3 we like to get the DDNet team to share some thoughts about the show, an what they’re expecting to see, or would like to see happen. Unlike our recent Friday Ten, these are more genuine thoughts, based on what we already…

Review: Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy (PC)

June 10, 2015

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Many years ago now (well, four), a small Australian developer from Perth produced one of my favourite PlayStation Minis games. Black Lab Games’ Star Hammer Tactics was a space faring tactical strategy game that might not have looked like much, but it provided some great value to fans of the likes…

Preview: LEGO Worlds (PC)

June 10, 2015

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The word LEGO means different things to different people – and that is by design. As someone who grew up with these tiny connectible bricks, I have many fond memories of building a variety of landscapes for my toys to play in. The possibilities were limited by only my imagination…

E3 2015 expectations: Dean’s thoughts

June 9, 2015

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Preview: Through the Woods (PC)

June 9, 2015

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Through the Woods is an upcoming psychological horror game developed by Antagonist, combining elements of Nordic folk tales, family drama and scary looking trees. You play as a mother claiming that her son had been taken by a supernatural being named Old Erik, recounting her story to a detective who…

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June 9, 2015

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Le sigh. Square Enix is a truly awesome publisher and is really getting its groove back after some really odd experiments through the later PS2/ early PS3 era. After all, in just the last two years, amongst a dozen other projects, Square Enix brought us Life is Strange and had…

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June 9, 2015

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Digital Eclipse is a name that the older game players out there will likely remember; it was a publisher that focused on remaking arcade games and the like at the time where arcade games were a big deal. It was absorbed into Backbone Entertainment in 2003, and the brand disappeared.…

Review: Looney Tunes Galactic Sports (Sony PlayStation Vita)

June 9, 2015

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It’s always a bad sign for a console when the manufacturer’s own interest in it has dropped to publishing games like this. Looney Tunes Galactic Sports isn’t terrible, but it’s almost the dictionary definition of a something thrown together quickly to cash in on a license. Which is amusing in…

E3 2015 expectations: Pierre-Yves’ thoughts

June 8, 2015

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