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14.08.2026

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

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 titled PRECOGNITION. The live-action (FMV) sci-fi horror game is a “groundbreaking” collaboration with horror director Brandon Cronenberg.…

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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…

Rural life sim Village in the Shade launches for PC and consoles this October

August 12, 2026

News/NIS America

Western publisher NIS America has announced that rural life simulation game Village in the Shade will launch for PC and consoles this October. The game initially launched in Japan about two weeks ago as Honogurashi no Niwa, with sales already surpassing 100,000 units in that country alone.…

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

August 10, 2026

JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Tactics RPG

The Touhou Project continues to be one of the most interesting experiments in the video game industry. It’s been going since 1997, and that means it’s on the cusp of 30 years. In that time it’s had more than a game released every year… and that’s just the “main” titles,…

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

The catch-up coffee: August 10, 2026

August 10, 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)!…

Photography adventure game TOEM 2 launches this September

August 7, 2026

Indie/News

I generally keep my opinions out of news stories, but I must express my excitement that the sequel to TOEM is launching in about a month and a half! The first game is perhaps the happiest, coziest, most wholesome game I have ever played. And today, Something We Made announced…

Discounty’s People or Profit? Expansion is now available for all platforms

August 7, 2026

News/PQube

Today, PQube and Crinkle Cut Games released a major free update for the quirky supermarket life sim Discount. The People or Profit? Expansion launched last month for PC via Steam, and is now available for PC via GOG/Epic, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, and Xbox One. It…

Hyper Real to publish horror mystery game Name of the Will, launching in early 2027

August 6, 2026

Hyper Real/News

Hyper Real has announced it will publish Zeitgeist Studio’s daylight-horror cult-mystery adventure, Name of the Will. A release window has been set for early 2027, when the title will launch for PC. Play as Neighbor 3279, who has gone to HOPE to find enlightenment away from life’s inherent trauma and…

The key art for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.

Today’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct shares details on its story, combat, world map, and more

August 5, 2026

News/Nintendo

Nintendo dropped a massive amount of information during today’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct. Details on the protagonists, the Heroic Games, what lies beyond Dagsion, classes, combat, and more were all included. I’m in awe that they got so many details into a 22-minute presentation!…

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Reviews

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,…

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)

August 3, 2026

We finally have the version of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that Monolith Software intended. The original release on the Nintendo Switch was an…

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…

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…