Here at Digitally Downloaded, we recently got a chance to sit down with Different Tuna’s founder, Gordon, to talk about his charming indie title that recently made a splash on PSN, Derrick the Deathfin. We had ourselves a good ole time swimming around in the world’s very first underwater papercraft…
Read MoreHere at Digitally Downloaded, we recently got the opportunity to interview one of the upcoming developers on the Wii U eShop. Broken Rules is having its latest title, Chasing Aurora, premiering on the platform come launch day. Naturally, being less than three weeks away from the Wii U’s launch, the…
Read MoreFor many games are little more than a fun pass-time, but there’s a serious side to the games industry that is ripe with opportunities. Digitally Downloaded sat down with the founder of Seeds, Rachel Cook, who has used the games format to build a platform for microlending between people. It’s…
Read MoreRecently at the EBGames expo I spent quite a bit of time perusing the home grown pavilion chatting with various games designers about their projects, their experiences at the expo and how as a fellow Australian I could show some support or participate in the success of their games. I…
Read MoreOf all the gaming communities I’ve seen, both online and off, Tecmo Koei’s fanbase would have to be the most loyal and dedicated to the cause. These guys and ladies buy every Warriors game (and there are a lot of those); and any anime or gaming convention will have groups…
Read MoreDigitally Downloaded’s Farida recently had the opportunity to have a talk with infamous games industry analyst Michael Pachter. Infamous because his words are often twisted by the enthusiast press as having a vendetta against Nintendo, and of late Nintendo’s Wii U console. To set the record straight he elaborated for…
Read MoreAt the recent EB World Expo in Sydney, Digitally Downloaded was able to sit down for a brief chat with Kristoffer “Hoffe” Bergqvist, creative director of multiplayer at Danger Close Games. Bergqvist chats to us about the experience of working on Medal of Honor, how the game will stand out…
Read MoreMembraine Studios is an Australian indie outfit with a lot of ambition. It’s in the process of developing Exodus Wars: Fractured Empire – a tabletop wargame in the vein of Warhammer 40,000 for PC, and though the Indiegogo campaign to fund the game missed the mark, the team learned a…
Read MoreBrian Quigley has been around the games business for many years in Australia, having held roles with both THQ and Nintendo. Now he has his own business, and it’s off to a great start. Turn Left Distribution has been set up as a third party support business for those (many)…
Read MoreAussie developer, Paul Turbutt, had a great little game on his hands with Star Hammer Tactics: a fun little strategy game that was a bit of a critical hit on the PlayStation Minis service. Then he released the game on the Apple App Store. Now he designs mining software for…
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