Idea Factory International has announced that a free demo for the upcoming action platformer Ariana and the Elder Codex is now available. The game will launch for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch in March; the demo is available now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. The demo introduces Ariana the Librarian’s mission, dropping the player inside…
Idea Factory International has announced a late May release date for Birushana: Winds of Fate, an otome visual novel fan disc set 15 years after the Heiji Rebellion. It will be released digitally and physically in North America and Europe, and anyone who picks up the physical edition early enough…
Eastasiasoft has announced that it will launch a physical “uncut” edition for…
Today, Idea Factory International announced a late March release date for otome…
A little over a month ago, Eastasiasoft announced it would be publishing Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 in Asia for Nintendo Switch. Now, the company has announced that it will also publish its sequel, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation, for the console in Asia. These games, and the third in the series,…
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Scar-Lead Salvation is very close to being a very good game. The creative energy is good, the aesthetics are appealing, and the action is tight. Unfortunately, while it was clearly inspired by Returnal, it misses the mark in several critical areas. You play as Willow, who is either a woman…
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The Western launch of sci-fi roguelite shooter Scar-Lead Salvation is two weeks away. The game’s story begins with a familiar trope: a woman wakes up with no memories in an unfamiliar place. There is an AI that seemingly wants to help, but can it even be trusted? Each floor features…
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Like its predecessors, Death end re;Quest: Code Z looks like it should be a pretty standard Idea Factory JRPG. You’ve got cute anime girls, most of them with very large assets, and magical girl-style transformation screens that make full use of those assets for maximum impact. Then you have long…
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A couple of months ago, Idea Factory International announced it would be bringing Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy West this year, and now it has announced a July launch date for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. In the game, a girl named Fia wants to enrol at the Ancient…
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Idea Factory International announced a while ago that it is publishing the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy in the West for PlayStation this year. Today, Eastasiasoft announced that it will publish the first game, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, in Asia for Nintendo Switch. It will launch this summer (Northern Hemisphere) with English…
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Following their cancellation for Nintendo Switch, Idea Factory International surprised its Western fans when it announced that the classic canonical Hyperdimension Re;Birth trilogy will be coming to PlayStation 4 players sometime this year. Today, the publisher released each game’s opening movie that showcases their casts.…
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What if Harry Potter was an otome love game and not written by a horrible woman who seems obsessed with being a one-person “can you separate art from artists” talking point? Battlefield Waltz is a bit like that. It’s a story about a bunch of teens in a special, magical…
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The release of the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy in the West didn’t go to plan; the three games were supposed to launch for Western Nintendo Switch consoles last May to coincide with their Japanese release, but Nintendo decided that games did not comply with its guidelines and all were cancelled…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. 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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