The RPG Maker series is a great introduction to game development, providing you with all the tools, coding (or “events”), and assets needed to make your own full-fledged game. In his five-star review of the latest title, RPG Maker WITH for Nintendo Switch, DDNet editor-in-chief Matt praises its ease of use and ability to share assets (plus entire games). But…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I…
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I love that games based on books are becoming more of a thing lately, and not just comic books. The Invincible is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by hard science-fiction author and Polish futurologist Stanisław Lem, and it mixes expansive space vistas with retro-futuristic and atompunk…
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The Isle Tide Hotel is Wales Interactive’s latest FMV title. It was originally supposed to launch in Q2 2023, but it bumped back slightly and will now be launching in September (Q3). No bother; that’s really not much more of a wait for what I believe from experience will be…
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In the Fate franchise, pairs of masters and heroic spirits known as servants have been fighting in a series of Holy Grail Wars, with the winning duo winning and ancient artifact that grants wishes. Fate/Samurai Remnant continues the story of the Holy Grail War in the fourth year of the…
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Ubisoft’s mismanagement of the Heroes of Might & Magic property has been such a tragedy, because it has left a real void that no one else has quite managed to fill. Apparently, the combination of turn-based tactical combat with turn-based empire-building strategy is harder to achieve than it seems, or…
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Not to be confused with Quilts & Cats of Calico, Calico is a cute, cozy, and magical café game. It’s available almost everywhere right now, with one noticeable gap: PlayStation. This will be remedied later this year, as the game plus updates (known as Calico: Pawsome Edition) will be coming…
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If you’re looking for a turn-based JRPG that takes a little (okay, a lot) of skills, Virgo Versus the Zodiac might be for you. It’s a sci-fi/fantasy JRPG about Virgo, who is trying to revive something called the Golden Age and purge the Heretics swarming the galaxy. It’s been available…
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It’s been nearly a year since Session: Skate Sim was released. It’s reviews are generally pretty middle-of-the-road, but fans seem to be enjoying it quite a bit. There have been updates since launch, like a Waterpark map a few months back. Today, there’s free update available that brings the game…
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Monster taming/catching games, like Pokémon, are often turn-based in nature. Adore is a little bit different as it features real-time combat instead. The developer, Cadabra Games, is based in Brazil; it makes sense that a Brazilian publisher, QUByte Interactive, would publish Adore. Th game has been in development since 2018,…
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Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life originally launched as Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life for GameCube and PlayStation 2 back in 2023, before all of the naming rights hubbub began. It’s been one month since its remake launched; in his review, Matt described it has having “heart-meltingly warm good-naturedness” and…
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It seems like any major company with animated IPs are making kart racers; Nickelodeon, Hello Kitty, and Disney are already in on it, so it’s no surprise that DreamWorks is jumping on the bandwagon too. DreamWorks Animation has an extensive catalogue of animated films, including Antz, Shrek, Madagascar, Over the…
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