Last August, NIS America announced it would publish Starbites in the West during early 2026; today, the publisher confirmed the release window by revealing a May 2026 launch date for the IKINAGAMES-developed sci-fi JRPG. This Western version will be available for PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Switch, and Xbox Series. The game originally launched in Japan during October 2025, without…
Devolver Digital and Doinksoft (Gato Roboto, Gunbrella, Demon Throttle) have announced Dark Scrolls, a pixel art dungeon scroller. The game mashes challenging shmup-like chaos and compelling roguelike progression. Players set off on a quest (but for what?) with one of the worthy yet quirky heroes, dodging through hordes of enemies…
Q4 of this year is shaping up to be huge for rhythm…
Cozy room decorator meets branching narratives in Momento, an upcoming title made…
Last September, when it was announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak would finally be coming West in “summer” 2024, I estimated that to mean Q3 2024. And it’s JUST eked it to Q3: it will be released in early July! Granted, that estimate isn’t much of a…
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Based on Welsh folklore, Maid of Sker is best described as first-person survival horror. According to Matt’s review, it is subtle and nuanced. Sker Ritual is a spin-off that changes up the genre a little bit: it is an intense round-based zombie survival first-person shooter. That sounds significantly less subtle/nuanced…
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Tiebreak Tennis is Big Ant Studios’ latest title (the same studio behind the two AO Tennis titles as well as Tennis World Tour 2). About a month ago, it was released on Steam as an Early Access title. There’s still a lot to come (and we all know Big Ant…
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There is an inherent contradiction at the heart of Dicefolk. It’s not a bad contradiction by any means, but it is one that, at first, gives the game an odd and offbeat vibe that’s difficult to get along with. As you plug along from there, however, Dicefolk’s charms start to…
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It’s always a good day when NISA drops a new game announcement, and this is a big one: The publisher is bringing Yx X: Nordics to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5 and PC in Autumn (or Spring for us Aussies) 2024. There’s a neat trailer to go with this…
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They don’t really make that many games like Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami any more. Anime fan service games complete with bath scenes, destructible clothing and school uniform costumes are few and far between (in part because of the spectre of consoles and/or Steam…
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Tokyo-based developer x-climb Inc. will be releasing what I believe is its first title, Steam Trigger, for PC and consoles later this year. Players can immerse themselves in the steampunk 2.5D Metroidvania that fuses industrial progress with Victorian aesthetics and is set in the sprawling metropolis of Veridium. It is…
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Stargate: Timekeepers is not a great attempt at bringing Stargate to video games. I say this with all due respect to the developer and publisher in Slitherine, and in isolation, divorced from its license, Timekeepers is good fun. It’s just a very strange project and I’m not sure who it’s…
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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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The Atelier franchise has long been one that suits the gatcha “free-to-play” genre. Thanks to the over-20 games that have been developed across two decades, there are an almost unlimited number of characters to draw on, and the core alchemy system that sits at the centre of Atelier lends itself…
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