We got a great reaction from our article with upcoming information about both Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers as well as what we shared out about the actual 2014 core card game release. I have to say that the more I hear about the upcoming game, the more…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Kickstarter has been finding itself an increasing amount of recognition within the games media as of recent. Why is this, you might wonder? It’s simple: it’s a platform where any aspiring ideas person can directly “sell” to the community. Whether this effort proves successful for them…
Read MoreDamien Urvois has a career I could only describe as a Japanese game fan’s dream. After years working in the import/ export business and many of those years directly involving Japan and Akihabara, he joined the darling developer of Akihabara, Compile Heart, as a Business Development Manager. And he also…
Read MoreBossa Studios is one of the more creative independent developers to emerge out of the UK in recent years. Most recently its has been lighting up the indie scene with the brilliantly-comical Surgeon Simulator 2013, and it was an innovator in that it is one of the early adopters when…
Read MoreFrozen Synapse is by far one of our favourite games here at Digitally Downloaded. In fact it’s a game that we’ve been raving about for literally years and some of our most heated staff competition have been in moving the little soldiers around the blue environment for short-and-sharp skirmishes. Now…
Read MoreSidhe is the most veteran, most prominent, and arguably most important game developer that New Zealand has ever seen. It’s one of the very few developers from the country that regularly hits “highest revenue” ranking lists (for instance, the Develop 100), thanks to its stewardship over some very valuable franchises,…
Read MoreFuse is a major change in direction and strategy for its developer, Insomniac, and with every change in direction comes risk. It’s the first time the development team has been exposed to the Xbox 360 platform, and it’s the first major IP that the studio is retaining ownership of. Aside…
Read MoreAmerican McGee has been involved in the games industry since Doom II at ID Software. That’s over two decades, making him one of the veterans of the industry. Following his time at that pioneering company McGee had a breakout hit in American McGee’s Alice, a dark and twisted fantasy fairytale;…
Read MoreOf all the games that are made in Japan, the ones that you will rarely, if ever, see released in the west are dating simulators or games that focus on the sexual content (and then also released on mainstream platforms like Steam or at retail, dodgy download services don’t count).…
Read MoreOne of the more interesting indie developers out there is Tale of Tales, a small team devoted to the idea that games can indeed be art. Games like The Path, The Graveyard and their newest title, Bientôt l’été, are not there for simple entertainment. These games look for deeper meaning,…
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