2025 has been an exceptional year for releases, almost from the first day of January. Now that we’re halfway through the year, we use this podcast to remind you all of some of the big hits of the year – don’t forget to check them out if you haven’t yet!…
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How do you “guarantee” 60 million clicks on a mouse? I get that’s an impressive number, but a guarantee is a legal term, and so does that mean that if you can somehow prove that you’ve only got 59,999,999 clicks on your mouse before it craps out, you’re entitled to…
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Naval real-time strategy game Buccanyar launched in Japan in April 2023 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch; this release did include English text support. In the game, players manage the crew and resources of a ship on an exploratory voyage. Plus, there are cats. Dozens of cats. Today, Nicalis…
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Eastasiasoft has announced that it will be bringing the retro side-scrolling shoot ’em up Schildmaid MX digitally to consoles later this year, with the Nintendo Switch also receiving a physical release. Inspired by genre classics, Schildmaid MX combines nostalgic pixel art with innovative shield mechanics, resulting in an intense spin…
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Ever found yourself looking at the state of video games and going: “Why are so many things becoming so simplified and streamlined?” RPGs are melding into big action games with pacy combat, rather than stats crunchers, strategy and simulation games are often so simplified that it’s impossible to actually lose…
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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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First-person dungeon crawling RPG Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia launched for PC nearly two years ago. It follows Sumireko Usami, an unusual high-schooler who is so strange that even the fantasy land of Gensokyo considers her an anomaly. But she can visit there in her dreams! Today, developer Bar Holographic…
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Nearly three years post-launch, cozy puzzle game A Little to the Left has no more messes left to conquer — but today’s Packed Update brings a bit more to the fans with a handful of new drawer levels, one new Daily Tidy level, and quality-of-life updates like colour assist mode…
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Neon Noroshi, a Japanese-Swedish indie game marketing agency, has announced the launch of its new publishing arm. Yotsuba Interactive’s first game, I Write Games Not Tragedies, will be exhibited at BitSummit 13th Summer of Yokai in Kyoto next month. “Yotsuba” means four-leaf clover in Japanese, and it was chosen to…
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Q-Qames has revealed the first gameplay footage for the PlayStation VR2 version of Dreams of Another. The game follows two characters, The Man in Pajamas and The Wandering Soldier. But it’s not just people who speak in this world: swaying trees, glowing streetlights, and more come alive with quirky dialogue…
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