Lego Party is a Mario Party clone. Let’s not beat around the bush about that. It is what it is, and the development team at SMG isn’t for a second trying to claim otherwise. The problem is that Mario Party is a pretty challenging formula to get right, and… well,…
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Idea Factory International has revealed a Western release date for its upcoming game, Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights. The title will launch digitally and physically in Europe and North America. (Read on for specifics!) The game’s website has also been updated with information about the game systems.…
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Bittersweet Birthday is a unique blend of brutal boss battles and heartfelt storytelling. Every encounter is unique. It is planned to release for PC and consoles, but the PC version will launch first next month. The release date announcement comes in the form of a new trailer that reveals new…
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The AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES series is inseparable from the creative identity of Kotaro Uchikoshi. Known beyond AI for the cult-classic Zero Escape trilogy, Uchikoshi is the sort of auteur whose style feels irreplaceable. Which makes No Sleep for Kaname Date, a spin-off produced largely without him, a fascinating experiment.…
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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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FMV fans won’t have to search hard for the star of Paul Raschid’s last thriller, Hello Stranger, to pop in his upcoming FMV horror-thriller game The Run: he’s one of a handful of people in the trailer. The game was already known about due to Deadline casting updates, but today…
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Developer Onion Games is best known for the re-release of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, and it is prepared for more adventure as it brings its RPG Stray Children to the English-speaking world near the end of October 2025. Its team are comprised of people who worked on titles like Rule…
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From Japan-based solo development studio Hell Yeah!, I Mother is a prehistoric action-adventure game featuring a story told without spoken or written language. Set in a time before words, players take on the role of a Neanderthal woman, alone and far from her tribe. She searches for a way home,…
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The creative team at Acquire has always had a knack for blending traditional Japanese storytelling with experimental gameplay structures and, in recent years, a particular flair for 2D art. Its upcoming title, Monster Eater, being published by Red Dunes Games, continues that tradition. At its heart is a striking idea:…
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I don’t really play all that many games at Tokyo Game Show. This is in part because I’ve got too much else to do, in meeting contacts and observing trends. But also it’s because the lineups for most of the interesting games tend to be so long, and I really…
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