News by Britta S, 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 news anchor,…
Read MoreNews by Britta S. Gust wasn’t lying when it promised that in 2017 it would release what it calls the “beautiful girls trilogy.” The company was talking this trilogy of unrelated games up at Tokyo Game Show, and while we already knew about Atelier Firis and Nights of Azure 2…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has finally announced that the sublime Atelier Shallie is coming to the PlayStation Vita. As with the game’s two predecessors, Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy, Shallie on the Vita will be an enhanced, “Plus”, version. In terms of extra content, you’ll be…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M., Matt S., and Mikhail 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…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Atelier Firis: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Journey is going to be a very different game to the Atelier games that you’ve played in the past. At a rate of almost one game per year over the series’ 19-year history, fans have grown accustomed to what…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Gust, our favourite JRPG developer of all, has announced a new project, titled Blue Reflection: Sword of the Girl Dancing in Illusion. That, and an image of the lead character, is all we know about this game so far, but frankly that’s more than enough to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Do you know what I love so much about the Atelier games? The thing that elevates the series well beyond almost any other JRPG out there, in my estimation? It’s not the combat, though I have witnessed that go from being functional in the Atelier Arland…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s been a long time since I last played a game that was truly operatic in tone. There have been titles that have effectively latched on to some of the thematic pulls of the art form, such as Pandora’s Tower and Nier, but to find the…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. It’s been a long time coming, and the time to rejoice is now: Gust’s Atelier series is finally coming to the PlayStation 4 after release upon release ignoring the current-gen console. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book will be released for PlayStation 4 and…
Read MoreKeisuke Kikuchi simply cannot get away from dark games with dark themes. The producer behind the Fatal Frame (or Project Zero) series of horror games has taken on the task of producing Gust’s newest IP, Nights of Azure. And, while Gust games are often more meaningful and serious than their…
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