News by Lindsay M. and 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…
Read MoreKonami has unveiled the deluxe edition of the latest LovePlus game in its ultra-popular dating simulation franchise. With that comes new 3DS XL models for people that absolutely must own stuff that they’ll never want to play in public. LovePlus games star three different ladies so that players can form…
Read MoreBack when Digitally Downloaded ran a second website, Otaku Gaming, we reviewed a little Japan-only from Konami called New Love Plus. This was a 3DS sequel to a wildly popular DS game, and evidently the 3DS sequel was popular enough to justify a sequel, New Love Plus +. For the…
Read MoreAs gamers we are now well familiar with the use of violence in games – as a plot device, as an artistic tool, and even as a bit of good, old-fashioned fun. There are games that heroise violence, games that criticise it, and games that question the use of violence…
Read MoreSo there’s a little game called Conception: Please Have My Baby that has been released in Japan on the PSP. Amazingly (though likely under a different name), it is coming to the west too. By all accounts it’s a really good game. Produced by Spike Chunsoft, it’s got reliable pedigree…
Read MoreNyu Media is one of the exciting new startups in the games industry. It’s a localisation company that has already given us the rather excellent eXceed Collection and Cherry Tree High Comedy Club. It specialises in Doujin games (games created by hobbyists), and has a real eye for quality. I…
Read MoreCredit to the Japanese developers, they know how to make the kind of game normal people wouldn’t be caught playing in public. And to make matters worse, they know how to make some really, really good games that normal people wouldn’t be caught playing in public. Games that require a…
Read MoreCredit to the Japanese developers, they know how to make the kind of game normal people wouldn’t be caught playing in public. And to make matters worse, they know how to make some really, really good games that normal people wouldn’t be caught playing in public. Games that require a…
Read MoreLove Plus on the Nintendo DS was a strange kind of game. It was a dating game yes, but at the same time it had a great deal of class and style that separated it from the usual games in the genre. Indeed, the game was demonstrated at an interactive…
Read MoreLove Plus on the Nintendo DS was a strange kind of game. It was a dating game yes, but at the same time it had a great deal of class and style that separated it from the usual games in the genre. Indeed, the game was demonstrated at an interactive…
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