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08.09.2026

Review: Serious Sam: Shatterverse (Sony PlayStation 5)

My favourite Serious Sam title to date is the PlayStation 2/GameCube spinoff, Next Encounter. As much as I enjoy Croteam’s work with the series proper, Climax Solent’s take on the formula had a better rhythm and energy to the action. Or it might have just been that it was my first Serious Sam, so I immediately latched on to it as the “canon” for the series in my brain. Anyhow, there’s something to Serious Sam: Shatterverse that reminds me a little of Next Encounter at times, in its pure focus on throwing hordes of enemies at you, even compared to…

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Review: Serious Sam: Shatterverse (Sony PlayStation 5)

September 8, 2026

FPS/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5

My favourite Serious Sam title to date is the PlayStation 2/GameCube spinoff, Next Encounter. As much as I enjoy Croteam’s work with the series proper, Climax Solent’s take on the formula had a better rhythm and energy to the action. Or it might have just been that it was my…

Gadget Review: Corsair Clipper Pro Mini 60

September 7, 2026

Corsair/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

As someone who travels around enough that I like to think of myself as a pretentious “digital nomad”, I value electronics and accessories that are portable and useful in unconventional locations. So I can work, game, or annoy people online while chilling next to a resort pool or on a…

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

The catch-up coffee: September 7, 2026

September 7, 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. We’re a bit late this time around, and there will be no catch-up next week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your…

Fate/EXTRA remake Fate/EXTRA Record launches in January 2027

September 5, 2026

Aniplex/Marvelous Europe/News/XSEED Games

It has been six long years since Fate/EXTRA Record was announced. It’s also been delayed, as it was originally scheduled to launch in 2025, then in spring 2026. Luckily, it now has a firm release date, and it’s sooner than the release window implied. Fate/EXTRA Record will be released in…

Everything is about to get so damn expensive

September 4, 2026

Features/Major Feature/Opinion

Quite a few years ago, I published a series of articles on why streaming services, be that for music, for film or for games, were a fundamentally bad idea and ultimately audiences, or “consumers,” if you want to be crass and capitalist about it, were going to wish they hadn’t…

The key art for Final Fantasy VII Revelation.

Final Fantasy VIII Revelation completes the Remake series next April

September 4, 2026

News/Square Enix

During today’s State of Play presentation, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy VII Revelation will be released physically and digitally for PC and consoles in early April 2027. Final Fantasy VII Revelation is the final game in the series that began with Final Fantasy VII Remake/Intergrade and continued with Final…

Review: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Nintendo Switch 2)

September 3, 2026

Capcom/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews

Miyamoto Musashi is a great protagonist for a video game like Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Musashi is famous for his prowess with the sword, with the historical figure being undefeated after more than 60 bouts. He also authored books on martial arts, and is considered a martial arts legend.…

Spooky kingdom builder Fangtopia launches this October—just before Halloween!

September 3, 2026

News/Secret Mode

Today, developer Absolutely Games and publisher Secret Mode announced that their stress-free, scare-free puzzle game Fangtopia is set to haunt PC and consoles this October. The relaxing puzzle game has you assemble landscapes to craft a paradise for friendly ghouls and ghosts: a carefree world of gentle chills.…

Kodansha Creators’ Lab to publish sci-fi visual novel Buzz or Die

September 3, 2026

Indie/News

Kodansha Creators’ Lab has announced that it will publish the Bon-developed visual novel Buzz or Die. In it, you compete in a new gruesome game show for viewer votes to avoid being sent to death row. Buzz or Die is in development for PC and is expected to launch this…

Gallipoli underscores, yet again, the irresponsibility of the games industry regarding war

September 1, 2026

Features/Major Feature/Opinion

“Gallipoli Review: Beautiful, Brutal, and Fun.” This was IGN’s breathlessly enthusiastic title for its coverage of the recent Gallipoli game. It does my head in that, at a time where American military adventurism has it engage in illegal, utterly immoral warfare in Iran, destabilising the entire planet in the process,…

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Reviews

Review: Serious Sam: Shatterverse (Sony PlayStation 5)

September 8, 2026

My favourite Serious Sam title to date is the PlayStation 2/GameCube spinoff, Next Encounter. As much as I enjoy Croteam’s work with…

Review: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Nintendo Switch 2)

September 3, 2026

Miyamoto Musashi is a great protagonist for a video game like Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Musashi is famous for his prowess…

Review: The Blood of Dawnwalker (Sony PlayStation 5)

September 1, 2026

The Blood of Dawnwalker is the latest proof that Polish RPGs should now be seen as a genre in their own right,…

Review: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)

August 27, 2026

Elden Ring is an incredible game, and I already have a very in-depth review covering why I consider it to be a…

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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September 7, 2026

Corsair/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review

Gadget Review: Corsair Clipper Pro Mini 60

As someone who travels around enough that I like to think of myself as a pretentious “digital nomad”, I value electronics and accessories that are portable and useful in unconventional locations. So I can work, game, or annoy people online while chilling next to a resort pool or on a luxury cruise, for example (see, I told you I was…

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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…