Poll by Matt S. Since it doesn’t seem possible for Game Freak and Nintendo to release a Pokémon game without it becoming painfully controversial, we thought we would focus the first poll of the year on the newly-released Pokémon Legends: Arceus (the review is coming, I promise!). This time around…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. Howdy folks! We’re looking forward to getting back into the full swing of things next week! In the meantime, though, with 2021 being such a massive year for DDNet, we wanted to poll our wonderful readers to help shape our approach in 2022! It really was…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. It has been a spectacular year for video games. Our Game of the Year awards has been one of the most highly contested and interesting awards yet. So I was naturally interested to see how many of these games that we’ve been reviewing this year people…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. The controller is so critical to the gameplay experience. It is, after all, how we interact with a game, so how it feels in our hands, how responsive it is to the games we like to play, and how comfortable it is over long periods of…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. I talk up (and enjoy) emulation consoles out of China (predominantly) a great deal. Indeed I almost find myself playing with my Anbernic and Powkiddy devices more than my “proper” consoles. So this week I thought it would be interesting to see just how pervasive these…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. We’re moving into the awards season now, so as always it’s time to look back at the year that was and consider how it stacked up, in terms of quality and quantity of the games being released. Based on these poll results, it would seem to…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. Handhelds have always been a key way that people have played their games. Even before the original Game Boy there were Game & Watch devices. There is something enduring appealing about being able to play a game from anywhere, and have a private gaming experience no…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. With every generation, PlayStation consoles give us many classic games and do their bit to push the industry forward. Now that we’re in the full swing of the 5th generation of the console, we thought we’d put this poll question to you: which generation of PlayStation…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. It is the season for horror, after all, so, with Halloween looming, and so many horror games being released right now, we thought we’d put the question to our audience: Of the classic Japanese horror franchises, three in particular reign supreme. So, what is your favourite?…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. We often assume that it’s the AAA-blockbusters that get people most excited. That might well be true overall, but as this week’s poll shows, within the niche audiences that follow us on DigitallyDownloaded.net, the truly exciting games come from elsewhere. As you can see, it’s actually…
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