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22.01.2026

Review: Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid! (PC)

Lached Up Games serves a very specific niche with its quirky and colourful visual novels. Is there much of an audience for fanservicey visual novels filled with Australian humour about genderswapping (and now, with Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid!, species swapping)? Probably not. But for the people who do appreciate something that takes “oddball” to a truly surreal place, it’s great that they’re around. Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid (hereafter HITIAM because I really don’t want to keep typing that out) is a full-length visual novel, with more than 350,000 words. But it’s also Lached Up Games’ most…

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Review: Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid! (PC)

January 22, 2026

Indie/PC/PC Review/Reviews/visual novel

Lached Up Games serves a very specific niche with its quirky and colourful visual novels. Is there much of an audience for fanservicey visual novels filled with Australian humour about genderswapping (and now, with Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid!, species swapping)? Probably not. But for the people who do…

Open world action RPG Enshrouded will fully launch for PC and consoles this autumn

January 22, 2026

Indie/News

Keen Games has revealed its plans for Enshrouded this year, including the final major Early Access update and its 1.0 launch in late 2026. The title first launched in Early Access two years ago. The major update — the game’s eighth — is scheduled for release in Q2 2026. It…

A screenshot from G-MODE Archives+ Armored Core: Mobile 3.

G-MODE Archives+ Armored Core: Mobile 3 launches in Japan for PC tomorrow

January 22, 2026

G-mode/News

G-MODE has announced that 2007 mobile action game G-MODE Archives+ Armored Core: Mobile 3 will be released in Japan for PC tomorrow. While the release is available worldwide, it only supports Japanese. In the game, players fight to survive a world of rival powers. The story’s timeline fills the gap…

A screenshot of Max and Chloe from Life is Strange: Reunion. Max stands at the centre-left of the image, in focus. She has shoulder-length brown hair and bue eyes, and she is wearing a grey collared shirt with at least the upper buttons open. Behind her, to the right and out of focus, is Chloe. Her distinctive teal hair is her only distinguishing feature.

Square Enix announces Life is Strange: Reunion, the conclusion of Max & Chloe’s epic saga

January 21, 2026

News/Square Enix

These first two paragraphs will be a mix of news and my opinion, so please bear with me. Square Enix seems to have zero idea what to do with the Life is Strange series anymore. I’d say they need Don’t Nod back in the developer seat, but Deck Nine did…

The key art for Tokyo Clanpool in English.

Dungeon-crawling RPG Tokyo Clanpool will launch physically for PC early this year

January 21, 2026

eastasiasoft/News/Uncategorized

Eastasiasoft has announced that it will launch a physical “uncut” edition for Tokyo Clanpool early this year. Having physical releases for PC games doesn’t make sense a lot of the time, but this time, it at least includes the game on a branded USB drive instead of just a download…

Full-Motion horror-thriller game The Run launches for PC in early February

January 21, 2026

Indie/News

Paul Raschid’s latest FMV game, The Run, launched for iOS/Android in October 2025. Now, the horror-thriller is set to expand its reach by launching for PC early next month. Paul Raschid is known for blurring the lines between film and video games, and The Run promises to do the same.…

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

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…

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Reviews

Review: Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid! (PC)

January 22, 2026

Lached Up Games serves a very specific niche with its quirky and colourful visual novels. Is there much of an audience for…

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…

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…