Here’s the thing; in theory a game about building a business in the adult entertainment industry could be absolutely fascinating. In theory. Once you move past the… rather obvious bits of the industry, how these businesses actually work, as businesses, is barely understood, and almost assuredly completely unique in the…
Read MoreTwo years ago, Square Enix announced Square Enix Collective, offering indie developers the chance to post their ideas. If the idea is popular enough, they’ll gain funding from crowdsourcing and publishing support from powerhouse Square Enix. The games under this initiative are slowly starting to trickle out; Matt got the…
Read MoreThe Fruit of Grisaia is an extraordinary work of art. There really is no other way to describe it; to refer to it as a “game” in the traditional sense seems somewhat disingenuous, as even by visual novel standards there’s not a whole lot of player agency here. And yet…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us! A trifecta of Fallout 4…
Read MoreThat’s right, the Warhammer game we can’t stop rambling about isn’t just a standalone game, it’s the first off three upcoming Total War games! And that’s not all the news for Total War: Warhammer today, so prepare to sink a few minutes of time indulging in all the news and…
Read MoreJapanese doujin soft developer, Orange_Juice, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the business, and what better way to celebrate a milestone in game-development than to develop a game to mark the milestone? Having made the excellent digital board game 100% Orange Juice for the 5th anniversary, their 10th sees the…
Read MoreThese credits read like a who’s-who of the video game and sound industries: character design by Doug TenNapel (creator of Earthworm Jim), developed by Ed Schofield and Mike Dietz (the creators of The Neverhood), original score created and recorded by Terry Scott Taylor, and the voice talents of Jon Heder…
Read MoreThe apocalypse has come and gone. Humans, cyborgs, mutants, and robots all now roam the wastelands vying for the scant remaing resources that exist outside of the lone remaining city. Hearing that a second civilization might actually exist, a pack of humans pile into a giant armored vehicle (the Dozer)…
Read MoreIdea Factory’s Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth may be one of our favourite JRPG series based solely on the fact each game is a hilarious satirical look at the games industry. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation was released earlier this year for PS Vita, but it is now ready to expand onto…
Read More“Everyone has an interesting story! You have an interesting story! Some random person on the street – they have an interesting story! So to be hearing the same stories over and over again [in games]… it gets dull!” I enjoyed listening to the developer commentary on Ninja Pizza Girl much…
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