News by Matt S. Buildings Have Feelings Too! is a simulator that will make you care not just about your population of people, but the buildings they live in too. In fact, buildings can walk, talk, have aspirations and run into trouble… and this game wants you to be very…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Warriors Orochi 4 is looking better and better the more we see of it. Koei Tecmo’s mashup of the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors franchises now has a bunch of Greek deities in it too for some reason, and while that might not make any sense,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We love the RPG Maker franchise here at DDNet. Easy to use, these software packages allow fans to create the classical sprite-based JRPGs of their dreams. Think you’ve got what it takes to do better than Final Fantasy VI? Well, with RPG Maker, you can put…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. E3 is winding down, and I’m not sure about you, but I’m both completely wired and downright exhausted simultaneously. We’ve covered most the major press events as well as delved deeper into our favourite titles from the week, and we’ve got them all here so you…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. FMV (full motion video) video games may seem like something new, but they’ve actually be around since the 1980s. There’s no need for a full history lesson — that’s what Wikipedia is for — but in short several developers tried its hands at creating FMV titles,…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. If you blinked during Microsoft’s speedrun of ID@Xbox titles, you may have missed any one of the game’s featured. Blink at the wrong time, however, and you would have missed Harold Halibut from Berlin-based developer SlowBros. Of the nearly two dozen titles shown during this portion…
Read MoreNews by Matt C. A few years ago, developer Nilo Studios released a bizarre, brilliant game called Asemblance. Drawing inspiration from things like Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, it told an surreal, fragmented story about mixed memories and identity crisis. Perhaps the more interesting thing about it, though, was the…
Read MoreWelcome to the DDNet Awards of 2017! We have 16 categories this year, representing the full gamut of creativity and artistry that games represent. 2017 has been an incredible year for videogames, and is without a doubt one of the best years for games ever, and that has made this…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. As usual, Microsoft is the first of the big three console manufacturers to hold its yearly E3 show. With Project Scorpio on the horizon, the company will no doubt seek to trumpet the technical virtues of its upcoming console’s monstrous hardware. Perhaps we’ll get a couple…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Over the last 24 hours, Microsoft, via Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry, released the tech specs of its upcoming Project Scorpio, the is-it-a-new-console-or-just-an-upgrade-to-the-Xbox-One that is similar in concept to Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro. The console’s tech specs are exceptional; there’s a detailed run-down of them over at PC…
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