Opinion by Nick H. Sports games are an interesting genre. Each sport has a game that tends to come out on a yearly basis, leading to debates about whether or not that kind of cycle is healthy. Since sports themselves play out on an annual basis, the gaming cycle seems…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Back on the Game Boy Color, when Camelot was at its absolute finest, it released a little tennis game that showed up most console versions of the sport that have come before and since. Mario Tennis looks humble in screenshots, but this is a game that…
Read MorePreview by Mike B. Frozen Synapse is a title that is heavily regarded among the Digitally Downloaded staff. It’s such a simple concept, but executed to a level of precision that we rarely see at any level. The player plans the movements and actions of a small unit of troops…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Without a doubt in my mind, NBA 2K14 is the best sports game I have played this year. Of course, everyone’s mileage with sports titles generally boils down to what they think of the sport in question, and while 2K has a great engine in place…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I am a big fan of sports games. Madden is a yearly acquisition. NBA games as well. Hockey, golf and baseball are a slightly slower cycle, but I generally follow the sports in real life and enjoy their video game counterparts. Outside of playing soccer as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. With each new release, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic (or Winter Olympic) Games takes one more step towards becoming a generic and soulless minigame compilation. There’s still fun to be had from these games, but it’s easy to tell that budgets are getting smaller and…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. Do you remember that your PlayStation 3 controller features Sixaxis motion controls? I thought about as much; thoughts of Lair still send shivers down my spine to this very day and I’m glad that most developers ignored the Sixaxis controls thereafter. Gaijin Games’ Skydive: Proximity Flight…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The game’s title is fairly simple, and in essence so is the game of pool. However, Cherry Pop Games deserves some serious credit for coming up with a game of pool that does not just ‘work’, but is a lot of fun to play as well.…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Most fishing games fall into one of two categories. On one side there are sport fishing games, which take liberties from reality to ramp up the excitement of fishing by adding time limits and high scores to chase. On the other side of the spectrum are…
Read MoreBig Ant Studios, the developer behind many sporting adaptations on consoles, including AFL Live and Rugby League Live, is working with Crosse Studios to release a lacrosse game. Let’s just start by pointing out how insane it is for an Australian developer to be working on lacrosse. You’re lucky if…
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