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)!…
Today’s Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct highlights Mii character creation with new customization parts, island building, player-created items, and more. It also announces a mid-April launch date. This is the first new entry in the Tomodachi Life series in more than 10 years.…
Developer Cygnus Cross has announced an Early Access release window of (Northern)…
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have dropped a large amount of new…
Spiderweb Software is one of the all-time great names in independent development. It has had a 30-year history, focused entirely on making classical isometric RPGs for a fanbase that has been ravenous and supportive of its work. Now it’s looking to remake one of its all-time great titles, and is…
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Some have affectionally dubbed it “Loli Souls” (thankfully that has nothing to do with the creepier side of the loli fandom, it’s just that the game’s title, “Little Witch”, is quite appropriate). Idea Factory is bringing Little Witch Nobeta to consoles on March 7, and with every new trailer, we’re…
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Loop8: Summer of Gods is a narrative-driven, time-traveling RPG that I’ve had my eye on since its Japanese announcement and expected 2022 launch date; it was later announced for a western release, though no date was attached. Until now! It’s set to be released this June, but the Japanese launch…
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NISA’s efforts to preserve niche JRPGs of yesteryear has been admirable in recent years. The Prinny Presents series has now reached three volumes, each with two games that you may well have never played otherwise on them. Now the company has announced a collection focused specifically on the Rhapsody series.…
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Disgaea 7 launched a few days ago in Japan, which makes the announcement of its western release perfectly timed. Trailers have been dropping consistently over the past several months, including this one from November 9. Now, with its western launch window announced, the English trailers will start coming in for…
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Today, the Australian Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, announced the Revive National Cultural Policy, which outlines the new(ish) Labor government’s position on the arts and the investments that it will make as part of that. Buried within it is some support for the games industry, but calling it a…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. 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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I’ve been excited for a return to Forgotten Valley since Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life was announced; I remember playing the original, though barely. At that point in time (2003) it was still branded as Harvest Moon. Of the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons titles, it stands out for one…
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What can I say about GoldenEye 007? It’s more than a cult classic – a cult obsession maybe? Either way, since it was released in 1997 it’s been a beloved game for literally millions of people. Back in September, it was announced that the game would be coming to Nintendo…
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SteamWorld has, over the past decade, built up to become a highly eclectic series. It started with a humble DSiWare tower defence, which was quickly forgotten, but had a breakout hit with the first SteamWorld Dig, which was something of a Mr. Driller iteration. Since then there has been a…
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