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…
The title of the innovative puzzle game Tournamentris describes it well: it is a falling-block game where you build a tournament bracket and compete for the high score. Players must combine numbered panels to build their bracket; when its champion is crowned, the panels merge and vanish. The flow of…
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It’s not very often I share the news of a new console from a company other than the big three (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo), but this new take on a classic toy has caught my eye. The Rubik’s WOWCube — today I learned that WOWCube is a thing! — takes everything…
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Square Enix has announced a physical retail-only compilation of all Life is Strange games to date for PlayStation 5, as the Life is Strange Collection. Launching in early October 2025, it includes Life is Strange Remastered, Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered, Life is Strange 2, Life is Strange:…
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D’Avekki Studios has revealed the cast of its upcoming game, The Infection Madness of Doctor Dekker 2. The sequel puts players in the role of a therapist. On the surface, you’re helping patients with their problems. Dive a bit deeper and learn that these are supernatural problems. As you ask…
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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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Indie developer Studio Morgan has announced that Morgan: Metal Detective, its cosy first-person metal detector adventure game, will be released for PC and consoles at the end of July 2025. The game follows teenage girl Morgan as she visits the Cornish island of Glasden with her Mum after her grandfather’s…
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Does a five-year-old game really need updating? Dragami Games sure seems to think so: it has announced LoveR Kiss: Endless Memories, a “significantly enhanced” version of the 2020 game LoveR Kiss. This version will launch in Japan for PC and Nintendo Switch this November; while there is no Western release,…
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Shueisha Games and Sigono have announced a release window for the photo adventure game OPUS: Prism Peak, stating it will be released for PC “this fall.” It follows an ex-photojournalist who is returning to his hometown when an accident transports him to a liminal realm. In this quiet, surreal world…
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Vertical-scrolling shoot ‘em up Mamorukun ReCurse! is getting a modern remaster, and Clear River Games announced today that it would publish the game in the West simultaneously with its Japanese launch. This updated version also includes all previously released DLC. The announcement was made through a brand-new, bullet-soaked trailer for…
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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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