SteelSeries has nailed it with the Arctis Nova 5 wireless headset. Totally nailed it. This nominal gaming headset is really a completely versatile headset that works every bit as well for watching films or tuning out to music. It’s also priced perfectly for the mid-range (about $Aus300 in most places),…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. 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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Well, that didn’t take long. Just 48 hours after launching a Kickstarter that was hoping to raise $85,000, the developers of upcoming horror game, Macabre, blasted right through that initial ceiling. In fact, it’s already exceeded $100,000 – $104,000 at time of writing. There’s still 37 days to go for…
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If you’re a fan of nature puzzle games then you’ve likely heard of Strange Horticulture (because there really aren’t that many of them). Released for PC in 2022 and later for consoles, the occult shopkeeping game is all about serving customers, cataloguing new plants, and unravelling a town’s mysteries. Strange…
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You know that feeling where a game leaves you feeling totally satisfied? That you enjoyed every single second of it, and it left you wanting more, not because it was incomplete but simply because it was just that good? And that there was not a second where you felt like…
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After playing Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, I am absolutely up for another visual novel that explores the idea of memory. Chromatic Memories is a bit different, though: instead of chasing a villain erasing the memories of others, it’s you that is accidentally erasing your own. The game is set in…
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It is over 30 degrees where I live (it feels like 37 at this moment, to be precise) so living in a world stuck in an eternal deep freeze sounds downright lovely right now – but the gameplay teaser trailer for Permafrost has reminded me that a frozen world might…
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My very first Warriors game was Samurai Warriors 3. I know, I came to the series late. The critics kept calling them “button mashers” in reviews and that made them sound very unappealing to me. Stupid, naïve me. I only played Samurai Warriors 3 because Nintendo decided to publish it…
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Sometimes, games don’t need to be remade. When the creative vision was already fully realised the first time around, simply making the thing available again is all that’s needed. That’s what Nintendo has done with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and it’s as good now as it was ever. Related…
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New Australian studio, Weforge Studio, has launched a Kickstarter for its first title, the very promising-looking “stealth extraction horror” game, Macabre. The developer is aiming for a 2025 release, and there’s a solid concept behind it, if you’re one of those people that enjoy your multiplayer horror experiences. “Trapped within…
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