Created by two former Sims developers, Petunia’s Purgatory is a cozy horror idle farming sim that sits at the bottom of your desktop. Grow crops, sacrifice critters, summon helpers to your cursed farm, and keep Petunia’s sanity in check before the game begins invading your desktop. The game will launch for PC in July. (Too bad it’s not for Mac;…
The Japanese voice cast for Persona 4 Revival is the same as in the original, but in English, there is an all-new voice cast, ATLUS announced today. Recently, the developer/publisher also revealed a February 2027 launch date for the remake. Persona 4 Revival investigates a string of murders, with players…
A demo for ReStory was released as part of this month’s Steam…
PQube and Wisageni Studio have announced a July release date for K-pop…
Watching games progress through development is one of the great pleasures of writing game-related news. I’ve had my eye on indie-developed Garden Witch Life for about three years now. I first heard about it during 2021 when it was known as A Garden Witch’s Life and set to launch for…
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When Matt reviewed F1 Manager 2023 upon its launch last year, he concluded: “The presentation of the information is accessible and even elegant, but this is an enormously complex sport, and the developers haven’t found a way to translate this so it’s palatable to people who aren’t already deeply invested.”…
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Schools are creepy places, and it doesn’t seem to matter which country you’re talking about, they’re going to be one of the most common settings for horror stories. The Bridge Curse 2: The Extraction is Taiwan’s turn to haunt a place of learning (in this case, a university), and it’s…
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Kogado Studio, one of the veterans of the Japanese industry, will be releasing its next game in a week, and it looks like it’ll be a good one. One-Inch Tactics promises a streamlined, elegant, and yet challenging board game-like tactical experience. There will be a wide range of tactical mechanics…
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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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Adding a layer of the supernatural to life sims isn’t uncommon, but I’m excited for Moonlight Peaks because it is about living a supernatural life in a supernatural town. The life sim was announced by its developer Little Chicken Game Company a couple of years ago, and I believe the…
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I love Rent. I have been obsessed with the famous broadway musical for decades. I rarely get to reference it here on DDNet, which means I’m so happy I get to now! An original Rent cast member plays the main character in Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical’s upcoming DLC, Stray…
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4X strategy is a particularly challenging genre, given the number of dynamics at play. It’s not just that you need to give players a good military strategy experience. You also need to make the economic system interesting and strategic in its own right, implement a diplomacy system that isn’t easy…
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I try my hardest to keep current when it comes to video games, for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, a lot of indie games still slip through the crack. Sometimes even viral ones. Today is the first I’ve heard of Amanda the Adventurer. The game looks cute and happy, but underneath all…
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Nearly a year after Agate launched Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 to mixed reviews, the developer is trying its hand at bringing otome visual novel Celestia: Chain of Fate from story app Memories: My Story, My Choice to PC and Nintendo Switch. This isn’t something I’ve seen done a…
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