The Legend of Zelda fans went wild over Hyrule Warriors; DDNet Editor-in-Chief Matt played the original for the third time on Nintendo Switch and gave it 4.5 stars, writing, “The game’s a very fine one, but I very rarely play games three times through. Thankfully, this is one case where I haven’t regretted it in the slightest, because this game…
It baffles me that Nintendo Switch never had a new Mario Kart game. After all, it is one of Nintendo’s most loved series that spans generations of players! Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was adequate, especially considering what the Booster Pack adds, but I swear I’ve seen people frothing at the…
Today, Nintendo streamed one of its most-anticipated Nintendo Directs focusing on Nintendo…
It was only a few weeks ago that heartfelt game Hanako’s Flower…
Annapurna Interactive proved long ago why it is a top publisher of video games, with a catalogue including What Remains of Edith Finch, Gone Home, Telling Lies, Wattam, Last Stop, Twelve Minutes, The Artful Escape, Stray, Thirsty Suitors — and that is just a sampling of its titles! Today, Annapurna…
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Welcome 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)!…
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Indie developers Digital Dream and Firenut Games (also the publisher) have announced psychological horror adventure game Baptiste. It follows a woman and her son while they seek a new life at a remote location after a family tragedy. But the fresh start becomes chilling and their worst nightmares come true,…
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The Mado Monogatari series of dungeon crawlers has been around since the ’80s but people often only know of its spin-off franchise, Puyo Puyo. Regardless, Mado Monogatari remains popular because of its characters and gameplay. The latest game in the series, Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy, launched in…
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Paul Raschid is an FMV game icon, working on some of my favourite games in the genre. He directed The Complex (2020) before writing and directing Five Dates (2020), The Gallery (2022), and Ten Dates (2023). A horror-thriller FMV game, The Run, is supposed to launch later this year. But…
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I have lost count of how many times Level-5 has delayed Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. I’ll believe in its release date when I see it launch. And that’s fair: the social slow-life RPG has been pushed back again. Its most recent launch window was April until…
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Welcome 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)!…
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Developer inkle found success with 2021’s Overboard!, a highly replayable detective game where the player is the one whodunnit that won an Apple Design Award. Now, the next-gen visual novel is getting a sequel with Expelled! This time, a School Prefect has been shoved out a window, and everyone says…
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Remember the childhood game of trying to keep a balloon in the air without it hitting something and popping? Bubble Ghost Remake is like that, but it hopefully involves fewer children screaming gleefully. Remaking a classic platformer from 1990, the game has been remade from the ground up. It adds…
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Welcome 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)!…
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