The smartest decision they made in Silent Hill: Townfall was to have it play out in first person, something that the series doesn’t typically do. But a first-person perspective makes the horror more immediate, direct and, ultimately, intense. Townfall is downright visceral in its horror atmosphere trappings, which is just…
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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve offers 30-odd missions of explosive aerial acrobatics that you won’t soon forget about. Bandai Namco has, over so many years and titles now, achieved something really rare for this particular genre: action that doesn’t feel like it’s condescending towards the players with overly simplistic…
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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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DANGEN Entertainment and Mantis Games have announced that Deck of Haunts, a sinister deckbuilding roguelike where players become a haunted house, will launch for consoles in early October. Perfect for Halloween! The console announcement trailer showcases the expanded version of the game launching for consoles, as new cards, rooms, missions,…
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Valadria and Acclaim announced that retro-inspired powerwashing simulator Pixel Washer will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam this October, followed by versions for Switch 2 and Switch alongside its full release in 2027. In the game, you play as Pigxel, a pig with stylish goggles tasked with turning…
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From the developer behind Pharaoh: A New Era, Theos: Cities of Myth is a Pantheon-themed strategic city builder and management game. Today, Triskell Interactive and Dotemu revealed an all-new trailer for the title alongside a release date announcement. The trailer discusses the game’s modernized homage to the greatest city builders…
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Zombie Police: Midsummer Unhappy New Year is a comedy mystery game featuring an eccentric zombie detective. Today, developer Lobstudio shared a November release date for the title and confirmed it will also launch for Nintendo Switch at a later date.…
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Monster Couch developed the digital adaptation of Wingspan, a game that I’ve spent more than 1000 hours playing at this point. So I was naturally interested in seeing what the team could do with Flamecraft, another digital board game adaptation and remarkably similar to Wingspan in that it’s a relatively…
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I don’t think Akiba Lost is the best name the development team could have come up with here. It’s accurate, in that it’s a game about people who got lost in Akihabara (pet name “Akiba”), but given the presence of Akiba’s Trip, this game is just asking for players to…
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I’ve given open world survival games a red-hot go in the past. I’ve played Funcom’s own previous effort in the genre, Conan Exiles, and gave it every chance to impress me. I’ve yet to find one that has left me with an impression other than that this is just a…
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