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The key art for Celestia: Chain of Fate.

News/PQube

08.05.2024

Publisher PQube and Valthirian Arc developer Agate announce new romantic fantasy visual novel Celestia: Chain of Fate

Nearly a year after Agate launched Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 to mixed reviews, the developer is trying its hand at bringing otome visual novel Celestia: Chain of Fate from story app Memories: My Story, My Choice to PC and Nintendo Switch. This isn’t something I’ve seen done a whole lot and I’m really interested to see how it will turn out. It seems like the mobile and PC/console versions of Celestia: Chain of Fate are pretty much the same, though a press release for the PC and Nintendo Switch versions does state there are extra stories about each…

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Publisher PQube and Valthirian Arc developer Agate announce new romantic fantasy visual novel Celestia: Chain of Fate

May 8, 2024

News/PQube

Nearly a year after Agate launched Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 to mixed reviews, the developer is trying its hand at bringing otome visual novel Celestia: Chain of Fate from story app Memories: My Story, My Choice to PC and Nintendo Switch. This isn’t something I’ve seen done a…

New Metaphor: ReFantazio details: the more I see of this the more I like the look of it

May 8, 2024

Atlus/News/release date/Release Dates

Atlus is gearing up for something special to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Metaphor: ReFantazio is an all-new game from the company’s Persona veterans, and the more that gets revealed about this game, the more exciting it seems. Just look at the new key art above! We now have a release…

Review: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2024

Nintendo Switch/Reviews

One of the finest examples that I can think of that highlight the differences between Western and Eastern game development, and some of the weaknesses that we as a collective industry have in critiquing video games, is to look at Dante’s Inferno and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron side-by-side.…

We have a while to wait for that Nintendo Switch 2 yet

May 7, 2024

News/Nintendo

You’ve got to feel sorry for anyone working on Nintendo’s social media accounts right now. Just imagine the number of “Switch 2 announcement when?” comments you’d have to read every time you logged into the company account. Apparently Nintendo as a collective has had enough of the rumours, heresay, lies…

A graphic present The Pixel Pulps Collection, a physical edition that includes Motormen 1966, Varney Lake, and Bahnsen Knights.

The Pixel Pulps Collection brings three eerie games together in one physical package, launching in Europe soon

May 7, 2024

Indie/News

During the past two years, a trilogy of titles have been released as part of the Pixel Pulps series developed by LCB Game Studio: Mothmen 1966, Varney Lake, and Bahnsen Knights. These games don’t fall into the common trap of “more content!” – instead, each is a perfectly reasonable length…

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty key art

Review: The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (PC)

May 6, 2024

PC/Reviews/visual novel

There is massive money on the table for the first localisation outfit that can produce high-quality translations of Chinese-developed games for their Western release. Unfortunately, we don’t have that localisation infrastructure yet. It has only been in the last decade or so that games from Taiwan and/or China have started…

Realm of Ink is not related to Splatoon… it sure looks great though

May 6, 2024

News/PC/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers

You can’t talk about ink in video games without someone bringing up Splatoon. But Realm of Ink is a very different beast. It’s coming to Early Access on PC on May 17, courtesy of dual developers, Leap Studio and Maple Leaf Studio. The publisher is 663 games. Realm of Ink…

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

The catch-up coffee: May 6, 2024

May 6, 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)!…

Review: Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sweep the Board! (Nintendo Switch)

May 4, 2024

board game/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

Of all the ways to use the mighty Demon Slayer license I honestly did not expect a Mario Party clone to be one of the first. And yet, that’s what has happened. Following hot on the heels of the perfectly reasonable slash-em-up from from a few years ago comes Sweep…

Become a cute animal and spread happiness in the enchanting world of Cozy Caravan, launching in Early Access for PC this month

May 3, 2024

Indie/News

I’ve become weary of Early Access games, and I know I’m not the only one. There have been a lot of… not great… games released in Early Access that don’t actually improve over time, but I am hopeful that Cozy Caravan will fit not into that category. The developer has…

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Reviews

Review: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2024

One of the finest examples that I can think of that highlight the differences between Western and Eastern game development, and some…

Review: The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (PC)

May 6, 2024

There is massive money on the table for the first localisation outfit that can produce high-quality translations of Chinese-developed games for their…

Review: Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sweep the Board! (Nintendo Switch)

May 4, 2024

Of all the ways to use the mighty Demon Slayer license I honestly did not expect a Mario Party clone to be…

Review: SaGa Emerald Beyond (Sony PlayStation 5)

May 1, 2024

Square Enix recently announced that it was cancelling some $150 million worth of games that had previously been greenlit as it shifts…

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,…

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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…

A photo of the SteelSeries Arena 7 speaker set.

Gadget Review: SteelSeries Arena 7 Speaker System

SteelSeries has nailed home entertainment speakers with the SteelSeries Arena 7. Not…

Gadget Review: SteelSeries Alias

I’m a fan of SteelSeries generally. I default to the company’s keyboards…