Video by Matt S. With COVID-19 running rampant across the planet, it makes sense that a lot of people have pandemics on the mind, and indeed that Soderbergh film, Contagion, is having a whole new lease on life. There are video games that deal with the social and logistical concerns…
Read MorePhew! That’s been a couple of weeks. Our podcast recording platform got up and died, so we needed to find an alternative. That’s why we’ve been away the last couple of weeks, but we’re back now. So this week we talk about ACE Team’s mesmerising new game, The Eternal Cylinder.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two ways to look at Plague Inc.: Either it’s a simple, easy-playing, casual RTS, or it’s a truly terrifying game that has ominous implications for the real world. Or perhaps those aren’t mutually exclusive things. Regardless on how you look at it, Plague Inc.…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. and Trent P. 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 MoreWelcome to the DDNet Awards, our annual celebration of the best and brightest games that we’ve been playing throughout the year. It has been a really good year for games in 2016, with great examples of every genre popping up through the year. Across 15 categories over the next three…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In Plague Inc: Evolved, you can name a disease, and your task is to have that disease wipe out the entire human population. Naturally, I named my disease Donald Trump, and at first that was hilarious… until it became chilling. Trump started out infecting just a…
Read MoreHave you ever dreamed of creating a supervirus that would ultimately end in the entire world population being wiped out? Now is your chance to do so, at least in simulation form (a fact the rest of us are grateful for). Plague Inc. is expanding from mobile and Steam Early…
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