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.…
If you’re looking for physical copies of games, LRG3 is the annual showcase you’re not going to miss. This year’s 40-minute show features 30 new and upcoming games from Limited Run Games, both digital and physical. More specifically, all games will be published physically through Limited Run Games; some are…
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The pitch for Republic of Pirates is straightforward enough: It’s a very light Anno, with a pirate theme. That should make it a pretty safe bet for a lot of folks out there, especially when it’s also priced as a very budget-friendly Anno. I’m not usually one to talk about…
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It’s fitting that a game titled Shine On, My Little Sun has an almost sparkly quality to it. I think it’s the nighttime setting that does it, you can see all the stars dancing against the inky-dark sky. Announced today, the game is described as a unique take on an…
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For a year now, I’ve been struggling to keep myself from subscribing to Apple Arcade to play Hello Kitty Island Adventure; subbing for a single game is ridiculous, or so I keep telling myself. But it seems as though I’ve successfully waited it out, as the open world adventure game…
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I guess life was never meant to be designed by you, after all. Who is you? YOU you! Upon announcement, Paradox Interactive and Paradox Tectonics’ Life By You was described as being really moddable and open, and maybe “ambitious” should have been tacked onto that list of superlatives. Following multiple…
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Another Not-E3 has come and gone, and some of the games have since moved into my brain to live rent-free. And by some, I mean ten. The genres in this group of games range from narrative adventures to cozy puzzles to mech platformers, but I definitely seem drawn to the…
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Final Fantasy Adventure. Mystic Quest. Seiken Densetsu. Call it what you will, Square Enix’s Mana series started off with a Final Fantasy backbone and Legend Of Zelda-inspired gameplay. By the time the second title launched, the Final Fantasy elements were dropped and Mana was firmly in place as an official…
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I’m sorry for being many hours late, lovely readers. Saturday was insane and I hit a wall yesterday. This article got delayed entirely because of where it falls chronologically, not because the games are lacking. They aren’t. It was actually quite difficult to narrow it down to a handful to…
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I have two things to say before I get started on my highlights of the Xbox Games Showcase 2024. One: screw Call of Duty, I’m not watching that or writing about it past a release date. Two: I don’t care if this was a showcase for Xbox generally speaking, this…
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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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