As someone who travels around enough that I like to think of myself as a pretentious “digital nomad”, I value electronics and accessories that are portable and useful in unconventional locations. So I can work, game, or annoy people online while chilling next to a resort pool or on a…
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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. We’re a bit late this time around, and there will be no catch-up next week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your…
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It has been six long years since Fate/EXTRA Record was announced. It’s also been delayed, as it was originally scheduled to launch in 2025, then in spring 2026. Luckily, it now has a firm release date, and it’s sooner than the release window implied. Fate/EXTRA Record will be released in…
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Quite a few years ago, I published a series of articles on why streaming services, be that for music, for film or for games, were a fundamentally bad idea and ultimately audiences, or “consumers,” if you want to be crass and capitalist about it, were going to wish they hadn’t…
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During today’s State of Play presentation, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy VII Revelation will be released physically and digitally for PC and consoles in early April 2027. Final Fantasy VII Revelation is the final game in the series that began with Final Fantasy VII Remake/Intergrade and continued with Final…
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Miyamoto Musashi is a great protagonist for a video game like Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Musashi is famous for his prowess with the sword, with the historical figure being undefeated after more than 60 bouts. He also authored books on martial arts, and is considered a martial arts legend.…
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Today, developer Absolutely Games and publisher Secret Mode announced that their stress-free, scare-free puzzle game Fangtopia is set to haunt PC and consoles this October. The relaxing puzzle game has you assemble landscapes to craft a paradise for friendly ghouls and ghosts: a carefree world of gentle chills.…
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Kodansha Creators’ Lab has announced that it will publish the Bon-developed visual novel Buzz or Die. In it, you compete in a new gruesome game show for viewer votes to avoid being sent to death row. Buzz or Die is in development for PC and is expected to launch this…
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“Gallipoli Review: Beautiful, Brutal, and Fun.” This was IGN’s breathlessly enthusiastic title for its coverage of the recent Gallipoli game. It does my head in that, at a time where American military adventurism has it engage in illegal, utterly immoral warfare in Iran, destabilising the entire planet in the process,…
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The Blood of Dawnwalker is the latest proof that Polish RPGs should now be seen as a genre in their own right, like JRPGs are. There’s a distinct approach to the genre that comes out of studios like CD Projekt Red, Questline, Reality Pump and now Rebel Wolves, that have…
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