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The catch-up coffee: January 19, 2026

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. 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)!…

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The catch-up coffee: January 19, 2026

January 19, 2026

catch-up coffee/News

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. 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)!…

Review: Heart of Crown (Nintendo Switch)

January 18, 2026

board game/Nintendo Switch/Playism/Reviews

People who play board games are familiar with Dominion. It is considered the “gateway drug” to deckbuilding card games (and was indeed the first example of one), being both light and accessible and very good at showcasing the basic mechanics of this particular genre. It has sold millions and millions…

Artwork for Fighting Fantasy Classics Volume 1.

Australia’s Tin Man Games is bringing Fighting Fantasy classics to Nintendo Switch

January 16, 2026

News/Tin Man Games

Melbourne-based Tin Man Games has announced that Fighting Fantasy Classics Volume 1 will be released for Nintendo Switch in early February. The collection of digital gamebooks was written by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone in the 1980s. Choose your sword, pack your provisions, and embark on quests where you are…

A screenshot from Homura: The Crimson Warriors.

IFI announces a March release date for Homura: The Crimson Warriors

January 16, 2026

Idea Factory International/News

Today, Idea Factory International announced a late March release date for otome visual novel Homura: The Crimson Warriors, although in Europe, the physical edition won’t be available until late April. The game will be available to pre-order at the IFI Online Store beginning February 2. IFI has also update the…

Flip off normalcy when Dead Pets launches for PC this February

January 15, 2026

Akupara Games/News

After reviving Dead Pets Unleashed from the dead, Akupara Games has renamed it to the mouthy Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim. The publisher has announced a February release date for its PC launch. Step into Gordy’s grungy shoes as you follow the 30-something demon who is…

Investigate a dreamlike city in Hypnos, launching for PC and consoles this year

January 15, 2026

Indie/News

Redlock Studio has announced the second game in its Maze Chronicles universe, following Blackshard. Hypnos is a first-person adventure and exploration game set in a Lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. In the atmospheric and unsettling semi-open world, players meet the world’s monarchs and strange inhabitants while searching for the boy haunting…

Gadget Review: Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse

January 14, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

There’s light, there’s lighter, and then there’s the Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse. I’d go as far as to say that “Ultralight” is probably underselling it. It doesn’t actually feel like there is anything in this mouse, at all, and yet it does its job, very well, both…

Review: Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights (Nintendo Switch)

January 13, 2026

Idea Factory/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Uncategorized/visual novel

Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights is a little bonkers, and that makes it delightful. The very concept of the thing is silly, funny, and charming: Cecilia is the third princess in a family that, generally, hates her. She’s also meant to be “unlucky” but has a mysterious…

Reimagined god game Masters of Albion launches in Early Access this April

January 13, 2026

22 Cans/News

22cans, the studio led by Peter Molyneux of Black & White fame, has announced that its upcoming god/simulation game Masters of Albion will be released this April for PC. The only caveat? It’s launching in Early Access rather than with a fully-developed game. A new release date trailer showcases the…

Review: Sugoroku New Year’s Party (Nintendo Switch)

January 12, 2026

board game/digital board game/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

Sugoroku is, as far as the mechanics go, not the most exciting board game. In fact, it’s not far removed from Snakes & Ladders, and no one really plays it for the tactics or challenge. But it is a piece of Japanese culture that anyone with an interest in the…

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Reviews

Review: Heart of Crown (Nintendo Switch)

January 18, 2026

People who play board games are familiar with Dominion. It is considered the “gateway drug” to deckbuilding card games (and was indeed…

Review: Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights (Nintendo Switch)

January 13, 2026

Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights is a little bonkers, and that makes it delightful. The very concept of the…

Review: Sugoroku New Year’s Party (Nintendo Switch)

January 12, 2026

Sugoroku is, as far as the mechanics go, not the most exciting board game. In fact, it’s not far removed from Snakes…

Review: Rammy’s Great Adventure I & II Remake (Nintendo Switch)

January 7, 2026

I’d never heard of Rammy’s Great Adventure until its remake landed on the Switch eShop. So I went and researched it, and…

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

The key art for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, cropped to a 16:9 ratio.

On reimagining the beginning with Dragon Quest I & II

November 9, 2025

When Square Enix revealed the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, there was always the sense that they weren’t going to be done…

Q & A with the developer of Minos, where you get to be the minotaur

October 9, 2025

You can always trust Devolver Digital to back interesting, quirky and different projects. One recent example of this is Minos, which is…

TGS 2025 Interview: Carrying the Somnium Torch: Kazuya Yamada on Making No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

October 7, 2025

The AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series is inseparable from the creative identity of Kotaro Uchikoshi. Known beyond AI for the cult-classic Zero…

TGS 2025 interview: Reimagining Folklore: Akie Nakao on Acquire and Red Dunes Games’ Monster Eater

October 1, 2025

The creative team at Acquire has always had a knack for blending traditional Japanese storytelling with experimental gameplay structures and, in recent…

Gadgets

by Matt

January 14, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

Gadget Review: Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse

There’s light, there’s lighter, and then there’s the Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse. I’d go as far as to say that “Ultralight” is probably underselling it. It doesn’t actually feel like there is anything in this mouse, at all, and yet it does its job, very well, both as a practical mouse for work and something to game…

Anbernic/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/Retro

Gadget review: Anbernic RG DS

Android-based consoles, such as those Anbernic produce, are made for an application that is obvious: Emulation. By extension, that means they facilitate piracy, and that tends to make the games industry’s suit people mad. However, it is also because of devices like these that the indie scene flourishes with new…