Koei Tecmo and Gust, in collaboration with TOHO Co., have announced the first-ever console game adaptation of the popular franchise The Apothecary Diaries, The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother. Alongside iconic characters, discover a new story and new characters, all conceptualized by series author Hyuganatsu.…
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, LEVEL-5 announced a December release date for its upcoming puzzle game, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. It will be available digitally, with physical copies available only in Japan and only for Switch 2/Switch. The game is set one year after Professor Layton and…
Nintendo has announced an early November release date for The Legend of…
Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced a February 2027 release date for…
Mangragora and tinyBuild have announced that electronics shop/repair sim ReStory will launch in early August. ReStory puts you in the role of running your own electronics repair shop in Y2K-era Japan, where you’ll fix pieces of millennial tech, including cell phones, video game consoles (some Atari systems), handhelds, digital pets,…
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Today, Atlus released a new Persona 4 Revival trailer that introduces Chie Satonaka. Voiced by Anne Yatco in English and Yui Horie in Japanese, Chie is an energetic, sociable person who sits next to the protagonist during class. She loves kung fu and meat, and has a strong sense of…
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Two Point Studios and SEGA have announced a collection of the game and all DLC for its popular 2018 hospital sim, Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection. In the game, a spiritual successor to 1997’s Theme Hospital, you transform defunct hospitals into world-class health facilities. Cure strange illnesses, manage staff,…
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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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Today, Free Style announced it would launch its multiplayer tag game OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek to Switch 2 and Switch worldwide this August. The game was originally launched in Japan for Switch 2 last October, and its worldwide release is its first Switch version. Enter an eerie world inspired…
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Bandai Namco and RENGAME have announced that action puzzle game Once Upon a Katamari, the first new entry in the Katamari Damacy series in 14 years, will launch for Switch 2 in early October. The Switch game will also receive an update. New paid DLC—Rolling LIVE Highlights—will launch the same…
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During Xbox’s 2026 Partner Preview, AdHoc Studios announced that it would be bringing superhero workplace comedy adventure game Dispatch to Xbox this year. Today, the developer announced a late July launch date for the title. The game is by the writers and directors of games like The Wolf Among Us…
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On the series’ eighth anniversary, Square Enix has announced that HD-2D RPGs Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II will launch in the West for Switch 2 this October. They can be purchased individually digitally and physically, and as a bundle digitally. The main differences between the Nintendo Switch version and…
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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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Hamster is known for its Console Archives, and the latest title of the series is 1998’s Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Originally made for 32-bit consoles, the game launched today for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2.…
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