You know how the saying goes: When it rains, it pours. Somehow, after decades of Culdcept barely being acknowledged outside of Japan, we’ve now had two releases in as many months. Culdcept Begins has become an instant favourite among my online board game group, displacing even the mighty Wingspan some nights (that’s the game we’ve spent more than 2,000 hours…
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…
It has been six long years since Fate/EXTRA Record was announced. It’s…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here,…
Bandai Namco and RENGAME have announced that action puzzle game Once Upon a Katamari, the first new entry in the Katamari Damacy series in 14 years, will launch for Switch 2 in early October. The Switch game will also receive an update. New paid DLC—Rolling LIVE Highlights—will launch the same…
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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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The origins of the Rhythm Heaven series are noble. One of the legends of Japanese music, Tsunku, got involved with Nintendo and produced the first game in an effort to develop the player’s rhythm skills. You might assume that all rhythm games do that, but in reality, most rhythm games…
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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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Rhythm roguelike action game Ratatan was scheduled to launch on July 16, but the anticipated title has now been delayed to mid-October. Developer Ratata Arts will continue to work on improvements, including enhancing multiplayer stability and fixing bugs, all based on the feedback gathered from the game’s time in Early…
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Developed by industry veterans who worked on previous Fable titles, Kynseed is a life-sim sandbox RPG that originally launched for PC in December 2022. Now, three and a half years later, the critically acclaimed title is set to launch for consoles. In the game, players raise a family, farm the…
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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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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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PQube and Wisageni Studio have announced a July release date for K-pop idol management sim game K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut. The game invites players to recruit and manage their dream K-pop group on their journey to debut. An updated demo is available for PC and Xbox Series; it…
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PQube is partnering with developer Full Stop Studios to publish its cozy village-life RPG, The Detectorist Guild. It is set in Yorkshire at the turn of the millennium; the game puts you into a quintessential British village with your handy metal detector, where you can find lost treasures and unravel…
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