I don’t know where the past year and a half went. I could have sworn I’d just barely stopped posting about Dokapon Kingdom: Connect, but my last post was in June… June 2023. It is a Compile Heart-developed remake of Sting’s Dokapon Kingdom (2007) for Nintendo Switch, best described as an RPG disguised as a board game; you can read…
Last month, PQube announced that it will bring Iwakura Aria to Western territories later this year. I do not know why I’m only receiving a press release now, dated for today, so I’m a bit bummed I didn’t get to talk about this pre-holidays! Iwakura Aria is a suspense visual…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. And…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I…
A museum can be a lot of things for a lot of different people. An educational institution. A place for exploration. A tourist trap. And you’ll have to make them all happy when you create your own museum in Two Point Museum, the third game to take place in Two…
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Announced less than a month ago at Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, the next paid DLC pack for PowerWash Simulator is a trek into the land of Shrek. PowerWash Simulator is a chill game about, well, powerwashing. Clean anything from an old-timey bicycle to an entire pyramid (inside and out). In…
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My Time at Evershine may have just been announced and is still early in development, but there is already incredible buzz around it. This ambitious sequel to My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock aims to innovate and redesign the life-sim genre while adding deep roleplaying elements such…
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Whispers of the Luminaries is an Aussie-developed idol-themed murder mystery game inspired by the Famicom Detective Club and Ace Attorney series. It is about finding hope in the darkest of times. Following the release of the game’s demo via Steam, its Kickstarter page gained hundreds of followers waiting for the…
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Once upon a time… oh, you have heard that one? That’ll be because it’s an absolute standard fantasy trope, setting for a countless number of simple children’s stories told for centuries now. The Plucky Squire absolutely revels in tropes, not only relating…
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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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Caravan SandWitch first caught my eye because it was colourful and filled with places to explore. But the story and the gameplay loop is what got me hooked! The game is nearly stress-free: there is no timer, death, or combat. In the game, Sauge has lived away from her home…
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I’ll never pass up an opportunity to play with Tohka. She is, of course, the very best of best girls, there’s no saying otherwise (unless you want to be wrong) and I won’t hear anything else of it. The point is that Date A Live: Ren Dystopia is an opportunity…
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Not to be that person, but I’m a trained photographer who can no longer do much of it due to chronic illnesses. Because of this, photo-based games have a special place in my heart. Fomography is a story-driven game about an aging man reliving his life through the lens of…
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Less than a week ago, Mirthwood developer Bad Ridge Games detailed its post-launch roadmap for the medieval fantasy RPG life/farm-sim adventure game set to launch on September 11 (or September 12, depending on your region). A mere two days from launch, the title has been delayed until November. On the…
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