Publisher Idea Factory International has announced a preorder date of April 22 for physical copies of otome visual novel fan disc Birushana: Winds of Fate; it will be available through the IFI Online Store and participating retailers. The company has also announced the contents of the game’s Plus Version, exclusive…
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I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…
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There was a time when Capcom was the most experimental game publisher, by a long way. Those of us who had PS2s and GameCubes at the time will remember that alongside the likes of Resident Evil 4, Capcom developed highly experimental stuff like P.N.03 and published Killer7, which was 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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Publisher Yogscast Games and indie developer Longshot Studio have revealed a May release date for retro puzzle roguelike game Infinity Sweeper. Minesweeper meets the modern era in this game that combines classic strategy and nostalgia with the replayability of modern roguelikes. Navigate a familiar grid, uncovering numbered tiles while avoiding…
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Incantation is now available digitally for consoles, and physical editions have begun shipping from Playasia. Presented in a cinematic 3D first-person perspective, Incantation is a horror-themed adventure game adapted from the live-action Taiwanese film of the same name. The environments are designed to authentically reflect aspects of Taiwanese culture, landscapes,…
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Purple Ray Studio has announced Koshmar: The Last Reverie with the help of a nightmarish trailer. In the upcoming title, duality affects the player’s reality. The game is a fast-paced, third-person single-player action-adventure set in a gothic-inspired realm of dreams and nightmares; it blends roguelite mechanics with RPG elements. Koshmar:…
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On April 6, Ogre Pixel surprised players by launching its latest hidden object game, Hidden Around the World. The Hidden in my Paradise developer’s new title is similar, but this time the adventure takes you around the world. Travel with a curious photography apprentice and her fairy companion to hand-drawn…
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The first otome visual novel that I played – in fact, the first visual novel at all – was Hakuouki, back on the PlayStation 3, when visual novels on console were a rare treat indeed. These days, we’re inundated with the genre, but Idea Factory, the publisher behind Hakuouki, have…
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Unfortunately, a trip into the Nintendo Switch’s online store is a chore to wade through endless piles of trash to try and find the occasional good game. The store is so flooded with utter crap at $10 or less that most of us would surely be at the point where…
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