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 challenging boss fights. Today’s new gameplay trailer showcases what players…
Publisher Idea Factory International has announced that it will be bringing action platformer Ariana and the Elder Codex to the West sometime next year. It will launch digitally and physically for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. In the game, Ariana must safely repair altered Codices and unravel the…
Read MoreFrogwares has announced that its upcoming Lovecraftian survival horror game, The Sinking City 2, will be released in the first half of 2026. While no date had been set before, Frogwares has been hinting at a possible surprise launch this year. Now, the studio has decided to communicate its need…
Read MoreFans of Stardew Valley love Chucklefish, but, like me, some are becoming mildly annoyed with Witchbrook‘s many delays. And today, it happened again: the title will not be released during its previously scheduled winter 2025 window, and that date has been pushed back to sometime in 2026. In the same…
Read MoreI am not ashamed to say that I am approaching the seven-day playtime mark with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. The original action/simulation RPG game was my favourite for the 3DS, and honestly, LEVEL-5 nailed it this time as well! Regardless of that, a major change is…
Read MoreWelcome 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)!…
Read MoreJapanese otome visual novel Kurenai no Homura: Sanada Ninpouchou launched for PS Vita in Japan in 2018, and for Nintendo Switch last year. Today, Idea Factory International announced that an English release, titled Homura: The Crimson Warriors, will be coming West next year, exclusively for Nintendo Switch. It will be…
Read MoreWelcome 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)!…
Read MoreIt may seem as though the gaming world is being saturated with Hello Kitty lately — because it is. But Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends are so happy and uplifting in a space drowning in violence, so it’s not a bad thing. Sanrio’s next collaboration is with Thirdverse Co.,…
Read MoreWelcome 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)!…
Read MoreYs Memoire: Revelations is considered a pioneering action-RPG classic, and it’s making a return with Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta. The “renewed” take on the title launches physically and digitally in the West for Nintendo Switch in early 2026. The game takes place immediately following the story of Ys X…
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