Sad News by Matt S. Defiant Development, the incredibly talented team behind the brilliant Hand of Fate and its sequel, has announced today that it has ceased ongoing development. In caretaker mode it will continue to support existing games, but Hand of Fate 2 will be the last release from…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Indulge me a little in some semantics, because I think it’s important. How you talk about games reflects how you think about them, and I’d argue that the way we talk about games, as an overall community, suggests that we don’t really respect them. Certainly not…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Everyone loves to rip on Activision Blizzard, and this morning, as the company shared its financial results and updated shareholders on its strategy, the entire games industry was handed a real gift for that collective hobby. “Activision Blizzard reports historic earnings among big layoffs” the headlines…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Sony has announced that former Sony Europe president, Jim Ryan, is being promoted to the top role as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, replacing John Kodera, as the company looks to push its successful PlayStation Network platform even further. As a report in Polygon notes: “[CEO…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s expected that Sony and Microsoft will announce a new generation of consoles this year. That, of course, means that conversations about those successor consoles will dominate discussion in the media and gaming circles. On the one hand, the idea of hardware is viscerally exciting; a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kadokawa games, the developer and publisher of Root Letter, has announced that the game has now sold 400,000 units worldwide. Related reading: An interview on the making of Love Plus That’s both digital downloaded and via physical copies, and sales across all platforms, which includes PlayStation…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. One of the buzzwords that’s cropped up on the industry side of game development in recent years is the idea of ‘games as a service’ or ‘games as a platform’. Often when people talk about it they mean it in terms of a game that’s got…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Rack off, Senator Fifield. For those of you who aren’t plagued by the incompetent, useless government currently indulging its power fantasies in Australia, we have a hyper-conservative party in power that, in the same week announced plans to become a global leader in arms manufacture and…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So Tokyo Game Show 2017 has started, and I’ve got plenty to say about it, which I will in the coming days (if not weeks). But in terms of immediate observations, one of the things that really struck me is how effective some nations through Asia…
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