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29.07.2026

Review: Blue Reflection Quartet (Nintendo Switch 2)

Blue Reflection has been a difficult series for Koei Tecmo to manage thanks to its enormously niche premise. Four products in, it’s also difficult to suggest that bad missteps were not made along the way. The original Blue Reflection got itself released and then un-released in parts of the world like Australia for being too much for an R-18+ rating despite really not being that kind of game. Then there was an anime that fans needed to watch before playing the sequel. You might have thought that the games industry would learn from Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series that demanding…

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Review: Blue Reflection Quartet (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 29, 2026

Blue Reflection/JRPG/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews

Blue Reflection has been a difficult series for Koei Tecmo to manage thanks to its enormously niche premise. Four products in, it’s also difficult to suggest that bad missteps were not made along the way. The original Blue Reflection got itself released and then un-released in parts of the world…

9 R.I.P. sequel launches this October, promo trailer revealed

July 29, 2026

Idea Factory International/News

Idea Factory International has announced a late-October release date for the Western version of 9 R.I.P. sequel. A promo trailer has also been revealed. The promo trailer features CGs and multiple voice previews of the nine love interests in the game. 9 R.I.P. sequel will be available digitally and physically…

The key art for Nioh 3's Hell Rising DLC.

Travel to the Keian Era in Nioh 3’s Hell Rising DLC, launching this August

July 29, 2026

Koei Tecmo/News

Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA have announced the first DLC for dark samurai action RPG Nioh 3, titled Hell Rising. It features new weapons, Martial Arts, Ninjutsu, Guardian Spirits, Soul Cores and more. Travel to Edo in 1951, during the Keian era, and discover the castle town plunged into chaos…

Review: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 28, 2026

Final Fantasy/JRPG/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews/Square Enix

I have lost track of how many times I’ve played Final Fantasy X (and X-2) now. I remember playing it for the first time on the PlayStation 2, and then getting into fights on early-era bulletin boards on who was best out of Rikku, Lulu and Yuna (Rikku, of course).…

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

The catch-up coffee: July 27, 2026

July 27, 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)!…

Dark card adventure game BONEREADER launches for PC this August

July 24, 2026

Dangen Entertainment/News

DANGEN Entertainment has announced that BONEREADER, a dark card adventure game with narrative elements, will launch for PC during the first week of August. In the game, you roll the dice for a chance at rebirth. Build your deck, harness the mystical powers of the dice, and battle spirits in…

Electronics shop sim ReStory launches for PC next month

July 24, 2026

News/tinyBuildGAMES

Mangragora and tinyBuild have announced that electronics shop/repair sim ReStory will launch in early August. ReStory puts you in the role of running your own electronics repair shop in Y2K-era Japan, where you’ll fix pieces of millennial tech, including cell phones, video game consoles (some Atari systems), handhelds, digital pets,…

Gadget Review: EPOMAKER HE75 V2

July 23, 2026

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/keyboard

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…

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New Persona 4 Revival trailer showcases Chie Satonaka

July 23, 2026

Atlus/News

Today, Atlus released a new Persona 4 Revival trailer that introduces Chie Satonaka. Voiced by Anne Yatco in English and Yui Horie in Japanese, Chie is an energetic, sociable person who sits next to the protagonist during class. She loves kung fu and meat, and has a strong sense of…

The title card of the announcement trailer for Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection.

Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection launches for consoles this September

July 23, 2026

News/Sega

Two Point Studios and SEGA have announced a collection of the game and all DLC for its popular 2018 hospital sim, Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection. In the game, a spiritual successor to 1997’s Theme Hospital, you transform defunct hospitals into world-class health facilities. Cure strange illnesses, manage staff,…

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Reviews

Review: Blue Reflection Quartet (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 29, 2026

Blue Reflection has been a difficult series for Koei Tecmo to manage thanks to its enormously niche premise. Four products in, it’s…

Review: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 28, 2026

I have lost track of how many times I’ve played Final Fantasy X (and X-2) now. I remember playing it for the…

Review: Splatoon Raiders (Nintendo Switch 2)

July 21, 2026

Here’s the problem with playing a single-player spinoff from a multiplayer property: If you don’t particularly care about the multiplayer that the…

Review: eBaseball: Pro Spirit 2026 (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 20, 2026

Look, the Nippon Professional Baseball league – the NPB – is just better than the MLB. I don’t mind if you disagree,…

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 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…