I’m about to get personal for a minute, but I promise it is relevant. Decades ago, my family moved to a tiny village in Ontario — it was in the middle of nowhere, it covered less than a square kilometre of land and the population was only a few hundred. With nothing else to do after school, I would lock…
This post will get a bit gruesome, so avert your eyes now if you must! Autopsy Simulator blends horror and simulation, leaning heavily on the horror aspect for the graphics as you dissect humans to determine their cause of death. The game launched for PC last year to mixed player…
Read MoreFirst released in 1996 for PC and Mac, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream has won several awards, including Best Dark Game of 1996 from Digital Hollywood and Best Game Adapted from Linear Media from the Computer Game Developers Conference (now just Game Developers Conference, or GDC, which…
Read MoreThe next game from The Darkside Detective developer Spooky Doorway (off-topic: what a great studio name!) is the first-person mystery game The Séance of Blake Manor, where players don their detective hat to investigate a woman’s disappearance from a remote, secretive, supernatural hotel in 1897 Ireland. During The MIX’s Spring…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. 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)!…
Read MoreIf you’re being bullied, can the ability to read thoughts solve all your problems? Or will it cause more when you try to get revenge? These questions are explored in Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head, a dark visual novel that will launch for PC at the end of the…
Read MoreY’all, the way I screamed when I read this news…! Pressure-washing sim PowerWash Simulator is one of my favourite games. While the game has stayed fresh for years thanks to free updates and paid DLC packs, it does feel like now is the time to move on. And that’s exactly…
Read MoreSeismic Squirrel (what a great studio name!) has unveiled Aether & Iron, a narrative-driven RPG planned for a PC launch. Players take on the role of a smuggler named Gia in an alternate 1930s New York. The city has become vertical following the discovery of anti-gravitation aether technology. As Gia,…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. 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)!…
Read MoreAnnounced today, the story-driven folk-horror mystery game The Fading of Nicole Wilson explores themes like authenticity, sacrifice, and the cost of fitting in. It follows a small-town teenager who takes on a ghost-hunting job, but the routine paranormal investigation quickly turns sinister. The exploration-based gameplay and immersive 3D sound complement…
Read MoreFrogwares has been through the wringer (and is still going through it). It has been in a year-long battle with former publisher Focus Home Interactive for the rights to its games back after the Publishing and Distribution Agreement expired in 2019; only last year did it get the rights back…
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