Reigns has become a substantial little platform that the developers, Nerial, and publisher, Devolver Digital, never thought would extend as far as it has. Yet it has, and now it seems like there’s no end to what the developers can do next, now that they’re tapping into everything from popular…
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I briefly wrote about tactical hack’n’slash game Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior in my Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 highlights. It is developed by Sand Door Studio, beginning as a student project before evolving into the studio’s first title. It features a nifty system that sends players back to the…
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I honestly don’t accomplish a whole lot in one year. But the one-person developer of The Nameless: Slay Dragon sure must, because they’ve been working on the turn-based RPG for three years and it’s nearly complete. The game was announced today and is set to be released for PC via…
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Every time it seems like the extended Yakuza franchise might be pushing its luck just a little too far, the development team at Ryu ga Gotoku find some way of reminding us all why it’s such a fine series. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth shouldn’t have worked. Pulling Kazuma Kiryu…
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Earlier today, Sam Barlow admitted to trying to stealthily drop teasers for two games. He failed miserably, and it wasn’t long before the news was out that Half Mermaid Productions (his studio) had opened Steam pages for two new games: Project C██████ and Project D████. Redacted game information will be…
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Princess Peach deserves more airtime. Yes, the movie helped, but she hasn’t had her own game in nearly two decades (the last time was 2005’s Super Princess Peach). It’s well past due. Princess Peach: Showtime! was announced back in September 2023 at a Nintendo Direct. The thing I love about…
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Back in 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment Shanghai and developer Sense Games announced AI Limit, an action RPG set to launch for PlayStation 4 as part of the second wave of PlayStation China Hero Project titles. The program, supported by SIE Shanghai, supports Chinese developers to enter both local and international…
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It was deeply funny to me to load up Tekken 8 and see that the big philosophical theme around this game is “aggression.” A fighting game promising a new “aggressive combat system,” is surely redundant, I thought to myself, since what is any fighting game if it is not “aggressive?”…
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Unfortunately, because I was away last week, I didn’t get a chance to review Another Code: Recollection in time for the embargo lifting. It’s unfortunate not because I missed out on the initial rush of clicks when being one of the first to review a game of a decent profile.…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. 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)!…
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