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Interview: As we get more excitied for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a couple more words from the developer

March 23, 2015

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Without a doubt one of the most anticipated games of this year is CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3. We’ve already had some hands-on time with the game itself, which we absolutely loved, and while there’s a while to wait before the game is released, thanks to CD Projekt Red’s…

Impressions: Final Fantasy XV; this game will restore people’s faith in the franchise

March 23, 2015

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Packed in as a rather neat bonus to purchasing Final Fantasy Type-0 HD was a demo for Final Fantasy XV, the long (long) awaited next game in Square Enix’s most valuable franchise. Having thoroughly devoured Type-0, I set about this demo, which is extended and gives players a really good sense…

Review: Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 – Atlas Mugged (Microsoft Xbox 360)

March 23, 2015

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I am without a doubt one of the biggest fans of Telltale Games here at Digitally Downloaded. Its short slices of narrative gaming resonate with me, and I have had the pleasure of playing everything it has released so far. Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 – Atlus Mugged is…

Gadget Review: Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum gaming keyboard

March 22, 2015

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What happens if you take an already solid keyboard, make a few improvements to the overall design and add some considerable flash? You wind up with an even better overall package, which is the best way for me to describe the Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum Gaming Keyboard. Several months ago, I…

The Friday Ten: Ten games we’d like to see made into live-action films

March 20, 2015

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I thought we could do something a little different this week to our usual game-based countdowns, and have a look at some games that would be perfect as films. Of course, there haven’t been that many good video game movie adaptations out there. There’s a couple of decent ones, for…

Win a copy of Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype for PlayStation Vita!

March 20, 2015

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Thanks to the good people at eastasiasoft, we have three copies of the manic, action-heavy SHMUP, Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype to give away. The codes are for the European PSN (which means they will also work in Australia, New Zealand, and other countries that use the EU PSN as the…

Review: Battlefield: Hardline (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 19, 2015

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When I was recently talking to some of the development team at Visceral, the studio behind Battlefield: Hardline, in the lead up to the release of the game, I couldn’t help but ask them whether the events over in Ferguson had impacted on the development of Battlefield: Hardline or not.…

A couple of important updates regarding Atelier Shallie and Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

March 19, 2015

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We’ve got some good news to share regarding two recent Koei Tecmo games, that will make fans very happy (we assume). First up is Atelier Shallie. A game that I awarded a well-deserved 5/5 score to sadly shipped with a major bug that meant that going into a certain menu…

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March 19, 2015

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Compile Heart is coming to the PlayStation 4 with Omega Quintet, and it’s a game that could only be described as “a Compile Heart game.” The summary, as outlined in the press release: Key Features Power of music! Harness the power of song to defeat evil! Every fight is a…

Gadget Review: Venom Arcade Stick

March 19, 2015

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If you’re serious enough about your fighting games, then the standard controller for your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 is simply not going to cut it. It’s not the case that you can’t play a fighting game on a conventional gamepad, but it’s a simple matter of experience – there…

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