News by Matt S. If you’ve somehow missed the phenomenon that is Rilakkuma so far, then you need to do yourself a favour and watch Rilakkuma and Kaoru on Netflix. Get to it, STAT. Then drop back here and join me in getting excited for Ouchi de Rilakkuma: Rilakkuma ga…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo’s long-running Romance of the Three Kingdoms series has long been essential for fans of hardcore strategy. Based on the historical fiction novel of the same name, each game in the series challenges you to take a deeply fractured China and, through diplomacy and military…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I’m all for cultural games and that means I’ll naturally have a positive slant towards titles like Road to Guangdong. This game, penned by writer Yen Ooi and published by Excalibur Games, sees the player taking the role of Sunny, a recent art graduate in mid-90’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Why are all the girls wearing such short skirts when they’re using technology that lets them fly through the air, with all the disadvantages that would bring to wearing a skirt?” This was, quite genuinely, my first thought as I settled into Aokana. It’s not like…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Chinese Parents looked like a harmless enough life sim. What harm could it do, with its colourful, cutesy art-style and the premise of tracing a young Chinese child from birth to their eventual undertaking of the Gaokao (the university entrance exam)? As I now know, it…
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. She Dreams Elsewhere bills itself as a surreal adventure RPG that “explores dreams and the extent to which they can mirror reality.” It’s coming to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam) in early 2021… and yes, the last of a PlayStation 4 release is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Through the Darkest of Times is a critically important game that is so relevant and poignant today and we should all play it (and then be terrified by its implications). It’s the kind of game that belongs in schools and museums because the points its making…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. “Skill-based, jump scare-free” horror title, Clea, is going to land on Nintendo Switch on October 30, courtesy of publisher Sekai Games. It’s not one we’ve actually covered on DDNet previously (it was released on PC in July of last year), but this one is the product…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Over the past few years of Switch ownership I’ve become a kind of a connoisseur of “bewildering” games – games which I enjoy not to play for myself, but to witness the abject confusion and frustration in the eyes of someone else playing it. The easily…
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