News by Matt S. One of the nicer (if smaller-scale) announcements that came out of E3 this year was that Square Enix was going to do new re-releases of the first six Final Fantasy games. This “Final Fantasy Pixel” remaster series was going to be closer in tone and aesthetic…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! The GBA turns 20: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1407204087397982213 Epic Game Store leaks a bunch of Trails titles: https://www.siliconera.com/trails-to-azure-trails-into-reverie-legend-of-nayuta-localizations-leaked/ People are paying top dollar for digital fashion: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/21/inside-cyber-fashion-market-digital-clothes-sell-thousands/ Is there a Castlevania Advance inbound?: https://www.siliconera.com/castlevania-advance-collection-rated-in-australia/ Final Fantasy IX to get an animated adaptation:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Japanese players get all the best stuff. Square Enix over there is offering fans the chance to immortalise their adventures in the world of Final Fantasy XIV with a custom photobook. As reported on Siliconera, the book is available for either around 4,000 yen for the…
Read MoreGame Theory by Matt S. Final Fantasy X turns 20 years old this year (yes, I do feel old now). Over that time it has been frequently re-released – originally exclusive to the PlayStation 2, you can now play it on your PlayStation 3, 4, Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC, and…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been playing a lot of retro and retro-styled games recently, and it has reminded me that in a lot of ways pixel art is the perfect aesthetic for video games. The way it inspires the imagination is like a good book, and adds to the…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Rumour has it that Final Fantasy XVI will be unveiled this week, at the big Sony stream (and that would be the game to finally get me on board with the next generation). I don’t generally put much stock in rumours, since it’s bad journalism to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. On the grand scale of disappointments in video games, I do think that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition will rank highly. The original, released way back on the GameCube, was a delightful little game. It was a homage to everything people loved about Final Fantasy,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Square Enix’s next big release is a remaster of the GameCube classic, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Unfortunately thanks to COVID-19 there weren’t hands-on preview sessions for this title, but Square Enix did send us plenty of B-roll, unedited footage to get a feel for what to…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Last week we delved into an all-time classic Final Fantasy for our retro stream, played a bit of beach volleyball for the DDNet After Dark fanservice session, and continued the adventures of Hinako and her friends in Blue Reflection. Then we undertook a disasterous military campaign…
Read MoreYes, the Digitally Uploaded podcast is back! We were away on hiatus for a while, as we sorted through various changes in the podcast team’s lives, but we’re back, and with a fresh new look at the podcast. We’re moving to a monthly schedule, for a start. This will allow…
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