Developer/publisher Frogwares has announced that its remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened has gone gold, and will be releasing this April. The game first released in 2007 for PC, with a remastered edition launching in 2009. (Jason M. reviewed it for DDNet in 2013 when it was available for iPad).…
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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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War 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 MoreNews by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we 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…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Long-time Sherlock Holmes developer, Frogwares, has announced its first next-generation game. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One will release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC (across Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store), and the PS4 and Xbox One in 2021. This one’s going to use the power…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. There seems to have been an influx in Lovecraft-themed games released in the past few years, and some really have been exceptional — The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker comes to mind, as it takes familiar themes and puts them into a contemporary context. Others, such…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I’m only a couple of hours in to the newly-released The Sunken City, which comes to us from Frogwares and is the latest attempt to bring the magnificent horror of H.P. Lovecraft to video games. I’m going to leave the review to another on the team,…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. and Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we 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…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Frogwares, the developer behind the upcoming The Sinking City, has released a new developer diary, showcasing how the developers have tackled H.P Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos, which the game is based on. A lot of what is said in the developer diary is great, but there are…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
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