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, home appliances, music players, cameras, and more.…
Chinese indie studio Jotoyo may have already unveiled early alpha footage (which has become a viral hit), but today it officially announced the life-sim RPG Monster Fantasy. The game combines gameplay from titles like Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter, creating cohesive single and multiplayer experiences. It blends freeform, moment-to-moment combat…
Created by two former Sims developers, Petunia’s Purgatory is a cozy horror…
This year’s Women-Led Games is hosted by Briana White (Final Fantasy VII…
JRPG-inspired, hand-animated sidescrolling Metroidvania game Fallen Tear: The Ascension now has a release window of early 2026, and a new animated teaser is available. The game is set in the lush lands of Raoah. As the mysterious Hira, players will explore the world while seeking friendly allies. Your new friends…
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The Dark Quest series of games is set to expand this year with Dark Quest 4, a standalone entry that brings players back to the dungeon that feels like a living board game. The turn-based RPG dungeon crawler blends strategy and imagination through unforgettable quests. It is inspired by board…
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It’s nearly springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, and in a month nature will be well on its way from brown and muddy to green and blooming. What a great time to launch a game about flowers! Hanako’s Flower Shop is a shop management visual novel about running a flower shop,…
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Ruffy and the Riverside is a platformer first, but its cut-and-paste puzzle gameplay separates it from other games in the same genre. The hand-drawn open-world game has players cutting and pasting textures to continue progressing through the platforming world. Originally set to be released in Q1 2025, Ruffy and the…
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This post will get a bit gruesome, so avert your eyes now if you must! Autopsy Simulator blends horror and simulation, leaning heavily on the horror aspect for the graphics as you dissect humans to determine their cause of death. The game launched for PC last year to mixed player…
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The next game from The Darkside Detective developer Spooky Doorway (off-topic: what a great studio name!) is the first-person mystery game The Séance of Blake Manor, where players don their detective hat to investigate a woman’s disappearance from a remote, secretive, supernatural hotel in 1897 Ireland. During The MIX’s Spring…
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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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If you haven’t seen Grand Theft Hamlet, you must. It is about two friends in the UK who found themselves unemployed during the COVID lockdowns. They play Grand Theft Auto Online together, and concluded that putting on an entire Shakespearean play in the live game was a good idea —…
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If you’re being bullied, can the ability to read thoughts solve all your problems? Or will it cause more when you try to get revenge? These questions are explored in Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head, a dark visual novel that will launch for PC at the end of the…
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I can only speak for myself, but burnout is absolutely horrible. I’m the type of person who can cause it to happen to me because of the pressure I put on myself. I have always felt the need to be perfect. It has nothing to do with the outside world…
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