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21.08.2026

Aussie developer Monomyth Games announces Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure for PC

Monomyth Games has announced its first game since 2018’s Need to Know, a surveillance thriller sim. Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure, a cozy and colourful photography game, is a major genre shift for the studio. As Peppino the Roboto, run a time-warp photography business, explore a character-filled Italian island, and investigate a mysterious curse.…

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Aussie developer Monomyth Games announces Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure for PC

August 21, 2026

Indie/News

Monomyth Games has announced its first game since 2018’s Need to Know, a surveillance thriller sim. Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure, a cozy and colourful photography game, is a major genre shift for the studio. As Peppino the Roboto, run a time-warp photography business, explore a character-filled Italian island, and…

Cozy puzzle game Woodo launches this September, fully voiced in eight languages

August 21, 2026

Daedalic Entertainment/News

Tiny Monk Tales and Daedalic Entertainment have announced a September release date for cozy diorama puzzle game Woodo. They also announced that the game will be fully narrated in eight languages, including English by Miriam Teak-Lee (Hamilton, & Juliet) and Japanese by Yui Kondo (Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake,…

The key art for Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit.

Wired Productions signs on to publish Thai horror adventure game Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit

August 20, 2026

News/Wired Productions

Wired Productions has announced it will publish WereBuff Studio’s debut title, Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit, for PC next year. It is an authentic Thai game that combines ancient folklore with malevolent forces, leaving you to care for a vulnerable spirit child. Gameplay features stealth scenes, environmental puzzles, and tense platforming.…

Review: Final Fantasy XIV on Nintendo Switch 2 is the best version of the game

August 19, 2026

Final Fantasy XIV/MMO/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews/Square Enix

I have wanted to get back into Final Fantasy XIV for quite some time. I am a massive fan of everything it offers, from the art direction to the scope of the world and adventures that are held within it. I love the way that it handles narrative within the…

Review: Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns (Nintendo Switch)

August 18, 2026

Nintendo Switch/Retro/Reviews/strategy game/Switch Review

Was Defender of the Crown the first “4X” strategy game to come from Western developers? I know it’s not a proper 4X, as several of the “Xes” are severely undercooked or nonexistent, and Japan’s Nobunaga’s Ambition beat it to market by several years, but when you look at it, you…

Review: Steins;Gate Re:Boot (PC)

August 17, 2026

PC/Reviews/Steins;Gate/visual novel

There was a time when visual novels were a rare thing in the West, particularly on consoles. Steins;Gate, from 2009, was one of the pioneers in changing that. Brought to the West on PS3 and Vita, it turned heads by proving to a wide and mainstream audience that it was…

A newly-cropped version of Dee Dee in the DDNet news studio.

The catch-up coffee: August 17, 2026

August 17, 2026

catch-up coffee/News

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)!…

Sam Barlow’s Half Mermaid Productions officially announces PRECOGNITION, formerly Project C

August 14, 2026

Kinetic Publishing/News

I cannot believe that two and a half years have passed since Sam Barlow teased Project C and Project D in January 2024, but here we are. Finally, we are getting some answers about Project C! Kinetic Publishing and Barlow’s Half Mermaid Productions have announced that Project C is officially…

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave preview – I danced with Leda and I liked it

August 13, 2026

Fire Emblem/JRPG/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch 2/Preview

It’s been three years since the last Fire Emblem (Engage). In a world of annualised franchises, that’s almost quaint, given how commercially successful the series is for Nintendo, but I’m very glad that Intelligent Systems is given the time to explore what it can achieve with its property. Fortune’s Weave…

NIS America is bringing GOBBLE to the West

August 12, 2026

News/NIS America

Publisher NIS America has announced that it will bring Nippon Ichi Software’s 2D platforming adventure game GOBBLE to the West for PC and consoles. The game will launch in 2027. In Japan, it will be released on September 24. In Gobble, explore a hand-painted world full of life. But don’t…

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Reviews

Review: Final Fantasy XIV on Nintendo Switch 2 is the best version of the game

August 19, 2026

I have wanted to get back into Final Fantasy XIV for quite some time. I am a massive fan of everything it…

Review: Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns (Nintendo Switch)

August 18, 2026

Was Defender of the Crown the first “4X” strategy game to come from Western developers? I know it’s not a proper 4X,…

Review: Steins;Gate Re:Boot (PC)

August 17, 2026

There was a time when visual novels were a rare thing in the West, particularly on consoles. Steins;Gate, from 2009, was one…

Review: Fantasy Maiden Wars – DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER (Nintendo Switch)

August 10, 2026

The Touhou Project continues to be one of the most interesting experiments in the video game industry. It’s been going since 1997,…

Videos

The Last Waltz: See Australia’s finest dancers in action ahead of the game’s release

May 19, 2026

As you all know, I’m working on a visual novel about my great passion in life, Dancesport. After three years and all…

Podcast-in-Video: Getting nostalgic for Xenogears

December 6, 2023

Xenogears is an all-time classic, but the question is… could something like that even be made again today? That’s what we discuss…

Podcast-in-Video: The games we loved through 2023

December 5, 2023

As it is the last month of the year, it’s time to look back at all the games that were released this…

Interview with the producer and director of Dragon Quest Monsters Dark Prince by DigitallyDownloaded.net

Podcast-in-Video: The big game releases in December

December 5, 2023

Apologies that we’ve been absent from uploading these videos. Various technical issues prevented us from doing a video version of the podcast,…

Interviews

Interview: The Blood of Dawnwalker wants you to fail forward

July 8, 2026

There is a comfortable lie at the heart of almost every open-world RPG. The idea that the world is ending (or some…

Q & A: Three titles in, The Talos Principle continues to inspire

June 2, 2026

The Talos Principle has always been a series that asks far more of players than simply solving puzzles. Across its first two…

Games are worth preserving! Q & A with SNEG Co-Founder on the Warhammer classics

May 26, 2026

Retro publisher, SNEG, recently brought a slew of Warhammer classics to Steam – many for the first time. SNEG is a prolific…

Haunted by Lost Futures: Cherrymochi’s Jen Williams on Dusk Index: Gion

February 16, 2026

Jen Williams has seen the future, and like many of us, she’s worried about it. The studio lead at Cherrymochi, the Japan-based…

Gadgets

by Matt

July 23, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/keyboard

Gadget Review: EPOMAKER HE75 V2

EPOMAKER is rapidly becoming a favourite keyboard manufacturer. I love the company’s typewriter-shaped keyboard, which has become my device for writing for pleasure. The HE75 V2, meanwhile, is just a gorgeous option for gaming. As we all know, I don’t really play games where extreme speed matters and latency is the difference between success and failure. For those who do…

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Gadget review: SmartFit EQ Adjustable Multi-Angle Laptop Stand

When the SmartFit EQ Adjustable Multi-Angle Laptop Stand landed on my desk to review, I was actually pretty excited, as I did need a laptop stand to improve my posture. Then I wondered how I was actually going to cover this thing for a gaming website. But! Much as with…