Fast-paced top-down roguelike shooter Driveloop takes you through post-apocalyptic cityscapes to fight through insane mechanical hordes of steampunk-inspired robots was set for a Q2 2025 launch; that window has now narrowed to April 2025. The developer describes the game as a blend of vehicular combat and strategic customization where players can drift, ram, and shoot through waves of enemies to…
I’m about to really age myself, but when I was young, the idea of (legitimately) free video games was very different to what it is today. There were no microtransactions, and no Fortnites, Genshin Impacts, or MMOs. If you were playing free, you were either playing shareware demos or very…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With…
Fast-paced top-down roguelike shooter Driveloop takes you through post-apocalyptic cityscapes to fight through insane mechanical hordes of steampunk-inspired robots was set for a Q2 2025 launch; that window has now narrowed to April 2025. The developer describes the game as a blend of vehicular combat and strategic customization where players…
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I’m about to really age myself, but when I was young, the idea of (legitimately) free video games was very different to what it is today. There were no microtransactions, and no Fortnites, Genshin Impacts, or MMOs. If you were playing free, you were either playing shareware demos or very…
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One of the things that I find continually surprising about video games is the idea that, on the one hand, we consider them to be inherently an art form, but on the other, we just never talk about games in the same frameworks that we talk about every other art…
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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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The first game from Studio Daimon – a JRPG called Path of the Midnight Sun – has a great narrative, solid gameplay mechanics, and a pleasing aesthetic. Today, Studio Daimon announced its next title. Food Devils is about the lone human chef remaining in a post-apocalyptic world where food is…
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The “roguelike” has become a term applied to so many different games that it’s functionally lost all meaning. Indies, in particular, have embraced it with the same vigour that big AAA developers have embraced unsustainably expensive open worlds. In that context, it’s actually refreshing to play a traditional, classical roguelike…
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There is an inherent contradiction at the heart of Dicefolk. It’s not a bad contradiction by any means, but it is one that, at first, gives the game an odd and offbeat vibe that’s difficult to get along with. As you plug along from there, however, Dicefolk’s charms start to…
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They don’t really make that many games like Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami any more. Anime fan service games complete with bath scenes, destructible clothing and school uniform costumes are few and far between (in part because of the spectre of consoles and/or Steam…
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There have been some really solid card-based video games released in recent years, including the Voice of Cards trilogy. It’s definitely a genre to keep an eye on. Today, Undead Fox and LTG Publishing announced new narrative card-based roguelike RPG Dark Lord. Coming to PC, it is an adventure-driven story…
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I’m a huge fan of Boyfriend Dungeon, the dungeon crawler where you date your weapons, so it makes perfect sense that I’m drawn to roguelike dating sim slash multiplayer RPG Doomsday Paradise. It features many hotties to seduce, and over 100 endings to explore. There are only five in-game days…
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