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Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (PC)

February 9, 2015

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Why developers still insist on locking away harder difficulty levels is beyond me. Here we have a novel 2D beat ’em up that oozes style through and through, but its flashiness is soon overshadowed when all the player does is near-mindlessly tap away at the same two or three buttons.…

Video Review: War: The Game (PC)

February 9, 2015

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War: The Game is a new global-scale wargame that is being pitched as a budget-priced multiplayer game of grand scale. Because it looks a little basic in static screenshots, we’ve decided to instead do a video review of this one. Rob delves into the way the game is balanced, the…

Trailer: Get a look at Mortal Kombat X’s factions system

February 9, 2015

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Mortal Kombat X (which somehow got past the Australian Classification Board so we even get to play it) is promising a whole load of content to go with the gore. Not least of which is a factions mode, which this new trailer outlines. Related reading: Our full review of the…

Review: Alphadia Genesis (PC)

February 8, 2015

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Kemco is one of the oldest game publishers in the industry, having been around since the 80s. Recently it has been targeting fans of JRPGs on both the iOS and the Android platforms with a very rapid series of classic-style JRPGs on mobile. I’ve played more than a few of…

Welcome to the new look Digitally Downloaded!

February 8, 2015

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Digitally Downloaded has continued to grow over the years, and that meant we needed a new design that better reflects the kind of writing we do, as well as all the non-gaming stuff we do these days, like anime, film and gadgets. And with that, welcome to the new look…

The Friday Ten: Ten games released after Final Fantasy VII that show IGN’s “JRPG in decline” article was rubbish

February 6, 2015

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Earlier this week, over at IGN, Colin Moriarty penned an opinion piece titled “Are JRPGs primed for a comeback?” His thesis? That the genre has lost relevancy following Final Fantasy VIII, a game released way back in 1997. “Before anyone knew what happened, the genre’s lauded quality from the last…

Let’s take another look at Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, shall we?

February 6, 2015

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Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is surely our most anticipated game release in February. Its unique mix of slash-em-up and empire-building strategy marks it as a very different experience compared to the other games in the series. Different in a good way. As I outlined in my hands-on preview, Empires is…

Last chance! Win Resident Evil HD Remaster on PS4, Xbox One or PC!

February 6, 2015

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Just a courtesy reminder that it’s your last chance to go in the running to win a copy of the excellent Resident Evil HD Remaster on PS4, Xbox One or PC. Details from the contest below: We have another contest for you! Courtesy of the good people at Capcom, we…

Review: Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (Nintendo Wii U)

February 6, 2015

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WayForward’s Shantae has been for many years a hidden gem for people to uncover. The original on the Game Boy Color was a title that ended up with limited distribution, and then the sequel was a release on the DSiWare platform (hardly a huge success) and then ported to iOS…

Yet another good-looking Warhammer game announced

February 6, 2015

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Fatshark is one of the more talented independent developers out there. Forget the cash-in and clearly quickly-developed Dead Island that the studio helmed; Fatshark helmed War of the Roses and War of the Vikings, and these two games were exceptional multiplayer combat games. And now Fatshark is back doing what…

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