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).
There has been little news posted to DDNet this week, thanks to me being more sick than I have been in years, but I have risen from my half-dead state because this news is just too important to miss. Today, Nintendo released a first-look trailer for its Nintendo Switch successor, the creatively named Nintendo Switch 2. Information is still relatively…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. 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)!…
Now that everyone has (hopefully) finished their holiday gaming plans, today’s new…
I don’t know where the past year and a half went. I…
After all these years, I still cannot get over how freaking adorable Nep-Nep and all her friends are. Not only that, they’re pretty darned strong! Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters is a story about finding hope in despair, and rebirth in the wake of destruction. I’ve had my eye on it…
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Announced a mere month ago, Kirby’s Dream Buffet basically came out of nowhere, and very little information was actually revealed. Today, Nintendo released a new overview trailer that explains the game more thoroughly, from game modes to customization options. It reminds me a bit of Mario Party, just with colourful…
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Last month, there was a big paid update for Monster Hunter Rise. Titled Sunbreak, added new monsters, quests, weapons, armour, story, and hunts to the base game. Now it’s time for its first update, labelled as Free Title Update 1. This update includes four new monsters, an expansion to the…
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When Fogtown came up on my Twitter feed last week, it piqued my interest a little bit. Planned to be a TV series and interactive game featuring finger puppets (everybody loves puppets!), Fogtown is meant to appeal to mystery fans of all ages. However, I just about lost my mind…
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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)!…
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I’ve played a lot of restaurant sims (yes, I was obsessed with Diner Dash back in its heyday) so I was excited for the chance to play Recipe for Disaster. It’s more complex than what I’m used to: not only am I designing and running the restaurant, but I’m now…
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Last week, I wrote about early details on the remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakening. There were some brief story details, and a promise of a crowdfunding campaign and trailer to come soon. Well, soon is here, the Kickstarter is live, and the trailer has dropped!…
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Square Enix has announced a reimagining of a phenomenal tactics RPG, Tactics Ogre. (DDNet did report on a leak regarding this game a couple of weeks ago.) Titled Tactics Ogre: Reborn promises beautifully converted HD graphics, fully-voiced cutscenes in English and Japanese, recreated sound effects and re-recorded background music. There…
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We knew a bit about Samurai Maiden a few days ago; it was teased by D3 Publisher as being a new “project” and we believed to have deciphered the title at that time – and we were right! D3 Publisher has officially announced Samurai Maiden, a hack’n’slash game that follows…
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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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