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06.06.2026

Highlights: Day of the Devs – Summer Game Fest Digital Showcase (June 5, 2026)

Day of the Devs is always a highlight of the first week in June, and this year is no different. Multiple new games were announced, alongside trailers, release date reveals, and more. In the past, we’ve seen titles like UFO 50 and Été, so you know Day of the Devs is trustworthy.…

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Highlights: Day of the Devs – Summer Game Fest Digital Showcase (June 5, 2026)

June 6, 2026

Indie/News

Day of the Devs is always a highlight of the first week in June, and this year is no different. Multiple new games were announced, alongside trailers, release date reveals, and more. In the past, we’ve seen titles like UFO 50 and Été, so you know Day of the Devs…

The key art for Final Fantasy VII Revelation.

Square Enix announces Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the conclusion in its trilogy

June 6, 2026

News/Square Enix

Next year is the 30th anniversary of the original Final Fantasy VII, and to celebrate, Square Enix will launch this final game in its remake trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Revelation. During Summer Game Fest, the developer/publisher showcased not just its reveal trailer, but also an extended look at gameplay. Arguably…

Highlights: Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2026 (June 5, 2026)

June 6, 2026

Indie/News

Accessibility is something close to my heart. How I play games has changed over years of physical disabilities. I struggle with time limits and fast movements. I get queasy really quickly. I get headaches. These changes mean some games I used to love are completely inaccessible for me. I have…

Gadget review: SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2

June 5, 2026

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Of all the devices that I get to test and review at DDNet, the brand I tend to return to for daily use after the testing is done is SteelSeries. They tend to be the devices that are the most ergonomic, durable, and simply fun to use. This is a…

Culdcept is back after a decade and this is a digital board game you don’t want to miss

June 5, 2026

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I love when an announcement comes out of nowhere and gets you to jump up and do a happy dance. That’s what happened about a day ago when a press release landed in my inbox announcing that the original Culdcept was going to be re-released on Steam, and in English…

Artwork for the Women-Led Games Showcase on June 4, 2026. It begins at 4 p.m. PT and can be viewed on YouTube.

Highlights: Women-Led Games Showcase (June 4, 2026)

June 5, 2026

Indie/News

This year’s Women-Led Games is hosted by Briana White (Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth) and co-hosted by Rebecca Ford (Warframe Creative Director) and Megan Everett (Community Director). Women either lead the titles, or they have majority-women teams. Major announcements are imminent: Soulframe, We Were Here Tomorrow, Come to My…

Hands on with all the cute in K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut

June 3, 2026

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People love K-pop idol groups, and this is one of the least controversial things I’ve ever written. Where J-pop has traditionally struggled outside of the domestic market, K-pop has become one of Korea’s most powerful cultural exports. So it’s entirely unsurprising that there would be K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to…

Artwork for PlayStation's State of Play broadcast on June 2 @ 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET / 11 p.m. CEST / June 3 at 6 a.m. JST.

Highlights: PlayStation’s State of Play (June 2, 2026)

June 3, 2026

News/PlayStation 5

This is the first recap/highlight reel of a very busy week ahead, and Sony dove into it headfirst, showcasing games such as Wolverine, Kemuri, and Control Resonance. The nearly hour-long presentation is half spent on God of War: Laufey, so you can duck out around the 40-minute-mark if you’re not…

Review: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Nintendo Switch 2)

June 2, 2026

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I don’t have too much to say about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the Nintendo Switch 2, as I already reviewed the game on PlayStation a few years ago, other than to say that, much like its predecessor, it feels like it’s a minor miracle that it’s on the console,…

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

June 2, 2026

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The Talos Principle has always been a series that asks far more of players than simply solving puzzles. Across its first two entries, Croteam’s philosophical sci-fi series has used artificial intelligence, memory, faith, society and consciousness as the framework for something much more human: a meditation on what it means…

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Reviews

Review: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Nintendo Switch 2)

June 2, 2026

I don’t have too much to say about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the Nintendo Switch 2, as I already reviewed the…

Review: 007 First Light (Sony PlayStation 5)

June 1, 2026

I am a James Bond nerd. Everyone has their vices, okay? But I am. Watched all the films often enough that I’d…

Review: Sektori (Nintendo Switch 2)

May 29, 2026

I am so bad at Sektori, but I love it so much. Originally released back in 2025, to some blistering good reviews,…

Gadget Review: SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni

May 27, 2026

I firmly believe that a good headset is worth the investment. You can find headsets out there for under $100, in supermarkets…

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

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…

The key art for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, cropped to a 16:9 ratio.

On reimagining the beginning with Dragon Quest I & II

November 9, 2025

When Square Enix revealed the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, there was always the sense that they weren’t going to be done…

Gadgets

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June 5, 2026

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Gadget review: SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2

Of all the devices that I get to test and review at DDNet, the brand I tend to return to for daily use after the testing is done is SteelSeries. They tend to be the devices that are the most ergonomic, durable, and simply fun to use. This is a roundabout way of saying that I’m already using SteelSeries mice…

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Gadget Review: SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni

I firmly believe that a good headset is worth the investment. You can find headsets out there for under $100, in supermarkets or discount stores. They’re often convenient and wireless, and I’m not going to suggest they don’t work, because they do. But so much effort goes into sound design…