People who play board games are familiar with Dominion. It is considered the “gateway drug” to deckbuilding card games (and was indeed the first example of one), being both light and accessible and very good at showcasing the basic mechanics of this particular genre. It has sold millions and millions…
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Melbourne-based Tin Man Games has announced that Fighting Fantasy Classics Volume 1 will be released for Nintendo Switch in early February. The collection of digital gamebooks was written by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone in the 1980s. Choose your sword, pack your provisions, and embark on quests where you are…
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Today, Idea Factory International announced a late March release date for otome visual novel Homura: The Crimson Warriors, although in Europe, the physical edition won’t be available until late April. The game will be available to pre-order at the IFI Online Store beginning February 2. IFI has also update the…
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After reviving Dead Pets Unleashed from the dead, Akupara Games has renamed it to the mouthy Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim. The publisher has announced a February release date for its PC launch. Step into Gordy’s grungy shoes as you follow the 30-something demon who is…
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Redlock Studio has announced the second game in its Maze Chronicles universe, following Blackshard. Hypnos is a first-person adventure and exploration game set in a Lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. In the atmospheric and unsettling semi-open world, players meet the world’s monarchs and strange inhabitants while searching for the boy haunting…
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There’s light, there’s lighter, and then there’s the Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight Wireless mouse. I’d go as far as to say that “Ultralight” is probably underselling it. It doesn’t actually feel like there is anything in this mouse, at all, and yet it does its job, very well, both…
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Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights is a little bonkers, and that makes it delightful. The very concept of the thing is silly, funny, and charming: Cecilia is the third princess in a family that, generally, hates her. She’s also meant to be “unlucky” but has a mysterious…
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22cans, the studio led by Peter Molyneux of Black & White fame, has announced that its upcoming god/simulation game Masters of Albion will be released this April for PC. The only caveat? It’s launching in Early Access rather than with a fully-developed game. A new release date trailer showcases the…
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Sugoroku is, as far as the mechanics go, not the most exciting board game. In fact, it’s not far removed from Snakes & Ladders, and no one really plays it for the tactics or challenge. But it is a piece of Japanese culture that anyone with an interest in the…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. 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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