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)!…
Developer Cygnus Cross has announced an Early Access release window of (Northern) summer 2026 for ARPG and town/farm sim Emberville. For the gameplay, think Diablo-lite meets Stardew Valley. The game goes beyond traditional “farm and fight” games with a simple (yet deep) combat system, an inherited skill levelling system, and…
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have dropped a large amount of new…
Reigns is a swipe ’em up series that does well with collaborations.…
An hour isn’t anywhere near enough to get a feel for what any kind of RPG will offer, let alone a Soulslike. Imagine trying to predict what Elden Ring is if you’re only able to reach the limits of that first, lush forest before the demo taps out? You can’t.…
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The best thing about Flintlock is the setting. It’s a hodgepodge of historical influences – the opening sequence focuses on trench warfare and sappers that could be straight out of a World War 1 drama, before the game settles back to a more colonial era affair, set against a horde…
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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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A few days ago Team17 announced that Amber Isle, a prehistoric shop sim, will launch for PC on October 10. The original announcement mentioned PC and Nintendo Switch versions of the game but the PC launch date was just that. It was only today that Team17 that Amber Isle will…
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After Untitled Goose Game, I’ll check out any game about a bird doing pesky things to local hoomans. Because of this, Just Crow Things makes perfect sense to me. How could you not want to play a game with something called poop modes?! This punny sandbox adventure has you playing…
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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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I’m not going to lie, one of the better ways for a game to catch my attention is to mention anything witchy. That, combined with the fact I’m a mid-80s baby who grew up on ’90s Disney cartoons, means Marko: Beyond Brave is right up my alley. The first game…
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There may have already been a few videos on developer Zomorro Studio’s YouTube page regarding Barraka, but today the game was officially officially announced by publisher Dojo System. The game uses various techniques to recreate a stop-motion look, creating a ’90s village fair setting where lovable characters and disturbing enemies…
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Games inspired by the Game Boy Advance era are currently on trend, and I’m not mad about it. For example, an unfinished Shantae game for the handheld console is now being completed for launch (on both GBA and modern consoles). Action RPG Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of Secrets is a…
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Canadian developer BancyCo (formerly Benjamin Rivers Inc.) has made three adventure games to date: two in the horror genre with Home and Worse Than Death, and (releasing between the others) sci-fi title Alone With You. Home has mixed reviews, while thoughts on the other two games are mostly positive. The…
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