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The key art for Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble.

News/Sega

25.04.2024

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has five multiplayer battle modes to (hopefully) maximize the topsy-turvy fun

The last Super Monkey Ball game to launch for Nintendo Switch was a remake of the original two games, compiled under the banner of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania. And it wasn’t so good, as Matt explains in his review. Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, the next upcoming game in the series, is hopefully different because it is completely new and not a remake of something that used a completely different controller. It relies heavily on multiplayer battle modes, though there is also co-op and story (adventure) modes. Information on Adventure Mode was shared in this trailer from two weeks…

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has five multiplayer battle modes to (hopefully) maximize the topsy-turvy fun

April 25, 2024

News/Sega

The last Super Monkey Ball game to launch for Nintendo Switch was a remake of the original two games, compiled under the banner of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania. And it wasn’t so good, as Matt explains in his review. Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, the next upcoming game in…

The key art for Riven (the 2024 remake).

The new trailer for Riven reveals the remake’s atmospheric gameplay

April 25, 2024

Cyan Worlds/News

The original Myst is an iconic narrative adventure exploration puzzle game released in 1993. Riven: The Sequel to Myst launched four years later. A remake of Myst came to us in 2020, so it only makes sense that a remake of Riven is delivered (again) four years later. Riven has…

Review: Stellar Blade (Sony PlayStation 5)

April 25, 2024

action game/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5

Stellar Blade very much wants to be a merger of NieR: Automata and the Soulslike formula. It’s a flashy science fiction romp through a decrepit, decaying world, and the ambience is certainly going to be familiar to NieR fans. It’s also undeniably well-made. However, for all the comparisons people have…

The key art for Indica. A nun with a serious face stands front and center. Those to either side and those behind her are laughing at her.

The new Indika trailer asks some difficult questions about fairness

April 24, 2024

11 bit studios/News

Indika is a game quite unlike any other I’ve seen before and with every new trailer my interest grows deeper. At first glance it is a third-person adventure game with exploration, environmental puzzles, and platforming. Nothing super new about that but it’s a good start. But wait, it’s about a…

The key art for Metaphor: ReFantazio, through Xbox.

First announced in 2016, new Atlus fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch this October for PC, consoles

April 24, 2024

Atlus/News

Do I remember anything from December 2016? Heck no! It’s why I write things down! That month, Atlus teased its first full-scale fantasy RPG, Project ReFantasy. It slowly evolved into Metaphor: ReFantazio, which was officially unveiled during the Xbox Games Showcase 2023. This is a big game for Atlus and…

Review: Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)

April 23, 2024

dungeon crawl/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

The dungeon crawl has been one of the most enduring genres of all. The original Wizardry – the game that essentially launched and popularised the genre, turns 45 next year. It’ll be well and truly ready for a mid-life crisis. In the years since we have seen so many classics…

Review: Broken Roads (PC)

April 22, 2024

Australia/Indie/PC/Reviews/RPG

One of my favourite things about Broken Roads is that every second sentence there’s a word that’s highlighted, and you can press a button to see a little pop-up explaining what that word means. That word is inevitably a piece of Australian English, and the developers felt the need to…

A newly-cropped version of Dee Dee in the DDNet news studio.

The catch-up coffee: April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024

catch-up coffee/News

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I 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 news anchor, Dee Dee)!…

A screenshot from 9 R.I.P. A woman with her back to us has her hand up against a mirror, behind which is a man doing the same thing.

Supernatural otome visual novel 9 R.I.P. will launch physically and digitally for Nintendo Switch in the West later this year

April 19, 2024

Idea Factory International/News

When I think of Idea Factory otome games, much of what comes to mind is as cute and colourful as the upcoming Cupid Paradise: Sweet and Spicy Darling. Don’t get me wrong, those are wonderful and creative games – but what if an otome visual novel decides to go dark…

A screenshot of a memory fragment that looks like a giant baby in Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.

Preview: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver (PC/Mac)

April 19, 2024

Chorus/Previews

I would describe Read Only Memories: Neurodiver as a cyberpunk psychic mystery visual novel with point-and-click adventure elements. Or is it the other way around? Either way, use the word psychic in any capacity describing a game and I’ll instantly be interested. (Or the word cryptid, kind of funny because…

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Reviews

Review: Stellar Blade (Sony PlayStation 5)

April 25, 2024

Stellar Blade very much wants to be a merger of NieR: Automata and the Soulslike formula. It’s a flashy science fiction romp…

Review: Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)

April 23, 2024

The dungeon crawl has been one of the most enduring genres of all. The original Wizardry – the game that essentially launched…

Review: Broken Roads (PC)

April 22, 2024

One of my favourite things about Broken Roads is that every second sentence there’s a word that’s highlighted, and you can press…

Review: Sker Ritual (Sony PlayStation 5)

April 18, 2024

I do not understand Sker Ritual. At all. It seems that at every opportunity the developers took what was great about Maid…

Videos

Podcast-in-Video: Getting nostalgic for Xenogears

December 6, 2023

Xenogears is an all-time classic, but the question is… could something like that even be made again today? That’s what we discuss…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we loved through 2023

December 5, 2023

As it is the last month of the year, it’s time to look back at all the games that were released this…

Interview with the producer and director of Dragon Quest Monsters Dark Prince by DigitallyDownloaded.net

Podcast-in-Video: The big game releases in December

December 5, 2023

Apologies that we’ve been absent from uploading these videos. Various technical issues prevented us from doing a video version of the podcast,…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we wouldn’t play on the train

September 7, 2023

Got a Nintendo Switch? At some stage you’ve probably taken it out in public. After all, gaming on the go is very…

Interviews

Dig Dug platforming? Q & A with the devs behind Pepper Grinder

March 18, 2024

It’s hard to find innovation in the 2D platformer genre at times. However, “Dig Dug plus Ecco the Dolphin” is certainly a…

Developer Q & A: What to expect from Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

November 23, 2023

Since as far back as the Game Boy Color, Square Enix has taken strides to compete with the likes of Pokémon and…

A hero image from Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII

On revisiting Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 to bring it to a modern audience

October 4, 2023

One of the more interesting announcements that occurred around Tokyo Game Show this year was that the next Romance of the Three…

Nobunaga's Ambition Awakening Interview with DigitallyDownloaded.net

On bringing new ideas to Nobunaga’s Ambition, a 40-year-old strategy series

June 23, 2023

With 16 titles across 40 years, there are very few properties that have had the kind of longevity that Koei Tecmo’s Nobunaga’s…

Gadgets

by Matt

March 27, 2024

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/SteelSeries

Gadget Review: SteelSeries Arctis Nova 4X headset

With the cost of living what it is, premium-grade luxuries like sound equipment are surely one of the things that people are choosing to go without. Meanwhile, mid-quality sound equipment, which gets close enough without breaking the bank, must surely be enjoying a renaissance. After all, in a world this horrible and increasingly stressful, finding opportunities for escapism is important,…

Corsair/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

Gadget Review: Corsair K65 Plus Wireless keyboard

You might think that a small-sized keyboard would be light, both inherently because of its size, and also by design, because a small keyboard does imply “portability.” The Corsair K65 Plus Wireless is, however, not particularly light despite being in a 75% form factor. It is, however, exceptionally sturdy and…