Lindsay picked up an NES controller for the first time at the age of 6 and instantly fell in love. She began reviewing GBA games 20 years ago and quickly branched out from her Nintendo comfort zone. She has has developed a great love of life sims and FMV titles. For her, accessibility is one of the most important parts of any game (but she also really appreciates good UI).
Hand-drawn indie mystery game The Posthumous Investigation puts a supernatural spin on the detective genre: death is not the end, it’s the opening statement. Play as a private eye hired by an unusual client: the victim himself. The game has currently been wishlisted over 20K times on Steam. And the office will open soon. The Posthumous Investigation will launch for…
Originally announced for a Western release in December 2024, K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut was supposed to launch in 2025. Here we are, in 2026, but the good news is that it will be released this year. With the widespread love of K-pop Demon Hunters, it’s a great time…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here,…
Today’s Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct highlights Mii character creation with…
I haven’t written about Hokko Life for over two years (it was in a catch-up coffee in 2020). The game is very, very customizable life sim about starting over in a new place. Players come to Hokko to settle into a new home (customizable!) and turn the village into a…
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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)!…
Read MoreOkay, everyone, it’s time to stop playing Stray for half an hour to learn about its publisher’s upcoming titles. Games other than Stray that Annapurna Interactive has published lately includes Telling Lies and Twelve Minutes. The publisher is on fire lately, and I’m excited to see what game announcements, closer…
Read MoreWar be damned, Frogwares isn’t going to stop what it does best: make Sherlock Holmes games. This time, it’s a remake of one of the developer’s past titles. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened originally launched in 2006, and this fully updated version will share the same name. It’s got everything you’d…
Read MorePrinny Presents NIS Classics is a series I can really get behind. Bringing older generations of games to current consoles is never a bad thing for a couple of reasons. One, archiving! Two, it introduces new players to the games that influenced what they may currently be playing. For example,…
Read MoreIt was first announced last April, but we finally have a release date for Wylde Flowers on PC and Nintendo Switch – this September! I cannot tell you how many hours I put into this game; I went full on Animal Crossing and had spreadsheets of things to remember and…
Read MoreCircus Electrique has intrigued me from the beginning. The publisher described the game as part story-drive RPG, part tactics, and part circus management; and it’s not like there’s tons of circus-themed turn-based tactical management RPGs floating around out there. I’m so interested in it, that it made my list of…
Read MoreSince its initial PC launch last December, news about Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo has been pretty sparse. We knew console versions would be delayed as it was announced last August, but it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard more about it. Finally, the important news has dropped: the game…
Read MoreTravis Touchdown is the number one assassin in the world but will the next title featuring the Otaku hero –No More Heroes 3 – also be so successful? Okay, in all honesty, it absolutely will be; while I haven’t played myself, the first two titles are quite well-reviewed, with Metacritic…
Read MoreDescribed as “a cinematic story of love and promises” and “a gripping narrative adventure,” I’ve had my eye on South of the Circle since it was first announced earlier this year. How could I not with descriptions like those two?! It helps that the developer is award-winning and the publisher…
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