If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know I’m probably into some super weird things. The unknown fascinates me when it comes to subjects like the afterlife, cryptozoology, and ufology. One of my favourite podcasts did an entire episode based around spiritualism, which is basically a system of belief…
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Sony has been working on its accessible controller kit for five years now, and the launch is finally in sight. Pre-orders will open this month for the kit that will be launched in December. The controller is designed to enable gamers with disabilities to play more comfortably and for longer…
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It probably seems weird that I’m covering a showcase from Limited Run Games considering the site is DigitallyDownloaded.net, but there’s good reason for it: past physical copies, game preservation is basically non-existent. So what Limited Run Games does, which is primarily publishing indie titles to physical media, is kind of…
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As part of BitSummit Let’s Go!! 2023, Dangen Entertainment has announced that it will be publishing story-driven post-apocalyptic action-adventure game RoadOut in 2024. That seems far off, but fret not: there’s a demo available for PC now! The game mixes dungeons exploration and racing. mechanics, two things that rarely (if…
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I swear, I can’t get through a day without talking about a remastered version of an older title being released! Today, the news is about Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains, the third instalment in the series. The classic pixel art turn-based RPG was first released in 1999. The game…
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Developer, Sting, has announced a remaster of Riviera: The Promised Land. This is genuinely exciting because Riviera is a true cult classic, and a remake is long overdue. One of the more interesting qualities of this game is that you don’t really have free movement around the world. Rather, it…
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RPGs are RPGs, so common, but stick one in what’s described as a “mystical world” and you’ve got my attention. Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients has players journeying across Gliese, a mystical world threatened by dark forces. A mysterious presence will help you during the adventure you’re about to take…
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The Rhapsody games are some of the best RPGs out there… yet the second and third games in the series never launched in the west. In January, Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles was announced; it puts Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom together…
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Silent Hope will be released on October 3, and it is an intriguing little game. It is being billed as a return to the classic isometric action JRPGs of yesteryear (think Secret of Mana), with a quirk: this is a world without words. From the press release: “In a world…
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Somehow, the announcement of Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince got lost in the sauce for me a couple of weeks back. So let’s start from the beginning here: Dragon Quest Monsters is basically Square Enix’s answer to Pokémon. It’s a turn-based roleplaying game that gives players the opportunity to…
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