News by Matt S. One of the more controversial games of last year, Killer is Dead is the work of transgressive, surrealist game maker Goichi Suda, and it certainly pushed the buttons of a lot of people. Criticised for being exploitative (or even misogynistic), incomprehensible, and various other things, when…
Read MoreA couple of months ago we asked you to vote on your favourite games of the year (up to the end of October, except for the blockbuster of the year award, which is still running now on the site). You’ve voted and now, in the coming weeks, we will unveil…
Read MoreA couple of months ago we asked you to vote on your favourite games of the year (up to the end of October, except for the blockbuster of the year award, which is still running now on the site). You’ve voted and now, in the coming weeks, we will unveil…
Read MoreUPDATE: Games industry legal professional, Josh Cavaleri, has confirmed for me over Twitter that the publishers will not need to front the cost of the re-review. No, the Australian taxpayers will foot the bill. What a way to use our money, folks. Twelve MA15+ rated games are going to go…
Read MoreThe idea that games can be art continues to be a problematic one when it comes time to actually discuss games as art. The issue I’ve seen over and over is that any game that dares to push boundaries and ask questions of its audience tends to be derided rather…
Read MoreGoichi Suda has done it again. He’s created a game (Killer is Dead) and released it to a mass outcry of misogyny from the critical community. It’s happened in his games before (see Lollipop Chainsaw) and once again the people making the complaints are, in taking a very simplistic approach…
Read MoreI know quite a few of us here at Digitally Downloaded are fans of Goichi Suda and have been following the upcoming Killer is Dead closely. We have talked about it in a handful of articles with screenshots, and now we have the latest trailer. This game oozes style –…
Read MoreKiller is Dead is one of those titles a lot of the editors here at Digitally Downloaded have been interested in since its announcement. Stylish visuals like those shown in the screenshots here probably will do little to diminish that excitement while we wait for its release on August 27th.Developed…
Read MoreDeveloper Grasshopper Manufacture has put out tons of new screenshots from the upcoming Killer is Dead, and they look ridiculously good – and expectedly over-the-top. Kadokawa Games and XSEED Games are set to release this action game for both the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 in Japan, North…
Read MoreThe games industry’s own Tarantino, Goichi Suda, is back to the kind of start art style that made is breakout masterpiece, Killer 7, such a memorable title. Killer Is Dead is, as the name suggests, thematically related to Killer 7, and this trailer has me all kinds of excited: Of…
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