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13.07.2026

Review: Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad (Sony PlayStation 5)

I knew that I was in for a mighty slog when the tutorial of Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, felt like it went for an hour all by itself. What a winding, long-winded, slow-paced dungeon that was. And then the game opens up to become a massive… long-winded, slow-paced pile of content. I might be overly sharp in saying that, but I’m also playing the Granblue Fantasy port for Switch 2 right now, and dusting off my replay of Xenoblade Chronicles thanks to the Switch 2’s port of that. Not long ago, I also got hooked all over again…

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Review: Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 13, 2026

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I knew that I was in for a mighty slog when the tutorial of Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, felt like it went for an hour all by itself. What a winding, long-winded, slow-paced dungeon that was. And then the game opens up to become a massive… long-winded, slow-paced…

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

The catch-up coffee: July 13, 2026

July 13, 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)!…

The key art for Console Archives Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure.

Console Archives Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is now available for PS5 and Switch 2

July 10, 2026

Hamster/News

Hamster is known for its Console Archives, and the latest title of the series is 1998’s Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Originally made for 32-bit consoles, the game launched today for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2.…

DANGEN Entertainment to publish Tiago Rech’s I Shall Name the Dead

July 10, 2026

Dangen Entertainment/News

Publisher DANGEN Entertainment has announced it will work with Tiago Rech (Teleforum, I Did Not Buy This Ticket) to bring the haunting narrative adventure game I Shall Name the Dead to PC in early 2027. The surreal tale of magical realism puts players in the role of a woman who…

Review: Digimon Story Time Stranger (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 9, 2026

Bandai Namco/JRPG/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews

Digimon is doomed to forever walk in Pokémon’s shadow. Part of the issue is the obvious similarities in the names, but on a superficial pass there are more similarities than that, and Digimon doesn’t always do itself favours there. Both games feature cute anime monsters, but Pokémon’s artists come up…

The key art for Orpheus: To Hell and Back.

Game Boy Color game Orpheus: To Hell and Back is coming to Steam

July 8, 2026

Indie/News

Studio Loading, Kibou Entertainment and Alunite Inc. have announced that retro action-puzzle adventure game Orpheus: To Hell and Back, which was originally released as a physical Game Boy Color cartridge, will be launching for PC via Steam next week. Alunite Inc. will publish for that platform. This is the game’s…

Going hands-on with The Blood of Dawnwalker: This is very bloody one to watch

July 8, 2026

Preview/Previews/RPG

The Blood of Dawnwalker is the latest RPG from Europe. I know that this is a hugely trite thing to write on the surface, but my first impression was overwhelmingly that this new title is dripping in the heritage of everything from Gothic to Witcher, Greedfall to Banishers. And I’m…

Interview: The Blood of Dawnwalker wants you to fail forward

July 8, 2026

Bandai Namco/Interview/Interviews

There is a comfortable lie at the heart of almost every open-world RPG. The idea that the world is ending (or some other equally dramatic events are unfolding), but all of it is waiting on you to stop it and save the day. The Blood of Dawnwalker, the debut title…

Gadget review: SmartFit EQ Adjustable Multi-Angle Laptop Stand

July 7, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

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…

Review: Gothic 1 Remake (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 6, 2026

action RPG/PS5 Review/Reviews/RPG/Sony PlayStation 5

To review the Gothic 1 Remake, I played it side-by-side with the original Gothic, as released on the Nintendo Switch. One hour in the remake, one in the original. Then back to the remake. I did that because Gothic is, in its own little way, an enormously influential classic. It…

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Reviews

Review: Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 13, 2026

I knew that I was in for a mighty slog when the tutorial of Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, felt like…

Review: Digimon Story Time Stranger (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 9, 2026

Digimon is doomed to forever walk in Pokémon’s shadow. Part of the issue is the obvious similarities in the names, but on…

Review: Gothic 1 Remake (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 6, 2026

To review the Gothic 1 Remake, I played it side-by-side with the original Gothic, as released on the Nintendo Switch. One hour…

Review: Rhythm Paradise Groove (Nintendo Switch)

July 1, 2026

The origins of the Rhythm Heaven series are noble. One of the legends of Japanese music, Tsunku, got involved with Nintendo and…

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

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July 7, 2026

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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 the keyboard I recently covered, most people who game also…

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Gadget review: Kensington KB535 EQ Rechargeable Multi-Device Keyboard

I know the question you’re thinking: Why would we, a gaming site, review something like the Kensington KB535 EQ Rechargeable Multi-Device Keyboard? This thing is clearly designed for office use first and foremost. It doesn’t even have lights for the keys! What gamer in their right mind would use a…