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…
I fell in love with Squeakross: Home Squeak Home during last year’s Wholesome Direct, so much so that I couldn’t stop thinking about it a week after its PC announcement. At the time, I pointed out that it was the perfect game for Nintendo Switch… and now it’s available for…
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Due to ongoing health concerns, I am unable to provide full coverage for most showcases this June. However, Wholesome Games’ Wholesome Direct is so darned… wholesome… that it couldn’t be left untouched. This is the showcase’s fifth year. To date, it has featured 375 games and raised over $200,000 US…
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Super-stylish heist game Snap & Grab was announced today during Day of the Devs 2025. The game takes players to luxurious locations across the world, where they will snap photos of valuable items, evaluate threats, and arrange the perfect heist, without ever returning to the scene of the crime. Thanks,…
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Publisher Annapurna Interactive and BAFTA-winning Aussie indie developer Beethoven & Dinosaur have revealed a new trailer for their upcoming game, Mixtape. It follows a group of teenage friends on their last night together, replaying their past; it promises to be a mixtape in terms of narrative, gameplay, and music. The…
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Capcom has announced Resident Evil: Requiem. This is the ninth title in the series, and it’s bringing things back full circle. In that I mean the game features a return to Racoon City. Or, at least, seems to. The game’s announce trailer features the destroyed rubble of the city. It…
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As far as multiplayer with a bunch of randoms goes, social deduction games are probably my favourite. The nature of these things encourages players to play by the rules and behave (at least to an extent), so you tend to run into fewer experience-breaking arseholes. Or at least, that’s been…
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During today’s PlayStation State of Play, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja announced the third game in the Nioh series. Nioh 3 is a dark fantasy action RPG and takes place during Japan’s turbulent Sengoku period. A limited-time demo will be available for PlayStation 5 today; fans can get a taste…
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Onion Games has announced that the English localization of RPG Stray Children will be released for PC as well as Nintendo Switch sometime this year. This is the first time it is coming to Steam, as it has only launched in Japan for Nintendo Switch last December. And if you…
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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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After the announcement of PowerWash Simulator 2, it was only a matter of time until the curtains fell on the original game. Today, developer FuturLab and publisher Square Enix Collective launched PowerWash Simulator’s final (and free!) content update, The Muckingham Files 6. This last update features two new Bonus Jobs.…
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