Pixel Expo, Western Australia’s largest (and non-profit) entertainment event, is collaborating with Steam for its first showcase that puts Aussie games front and centre. The showcase spotlights Australian indie titles, giving fans worldwide a chance to discover and support Aussie talent. This gives developers a much farther reach than they would have by simply being showcased as a (large) local…
Last year, a humble Ukranian developer released Light de Deux, a sweet little romance visual novel about ballet dancers that I absolutely loved. The dance theme got to me, of course, but it was also well-written, well-drawn, and the characters inspired me so much I arranged with the developer to…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here,…
Developer WereBuff Studio has announced Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit, a horror game…
D’Avekki Studios has revealed the cast of its upcoming game, The Infection Madness of Doctor Dekker 2. The sequel puts players in the role of a therapist. On the surface, you’re helping patients with their problems. Dive a bit deeper and learn that these are supernatural problems. As you ask…
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Ever found yourself looking at the state of video games and going: “Why are so many things becoming so simplified and streamlined?” RPGs are melding into big action games with pacy combat, rather than stats crunchers, strategy and simulation games are often so simplified that it’s impossible to actually lose…
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Neon Noroshi, a Japanese-Swedish indie game marketing agency, has announced the launch of its new publishing arm. Yotsuba Interactive’s first game, I Write Games Not Tragedies, will be exhibited at BitSummit 13th Summer of Yokai in Kyoto next month. “Yotsuba” means four-leaf clover in Japanese, and it was chosen to…
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Humble Reeds has announced its next title, cozy simulation adventure game Heidi’s Legacy: Mountain Calling. The developer created one of my favourite games of 2024, froggy wildlife preservation game Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge. One look at Heidi’s Legacy, and I yelped in excitement because the artwork was all I needed…
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There is something about the Blippo+ that makes me feel giddy. I felt it the first time I saw the first teaser back in December, and I’ve been very curious since then. Today, at the PC Gaming Show, Panic, YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, and Noble Robot dropped a brand new trailer…
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I fell in love with Squeakross: Home Squeak Home during last year’s Wholesome Direct, so much so that I couldn’t stop thinking about it a week after its PC announcement. At the time, I pointed out that it was the perfect game for Nintendo Switch… and now it’s available for…
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Super-stylish heist game Snap & Grab was announced today during Day of the Devs 2025. The game takes players to luxurious locations across the world, where they will snap photos of valuable items, evaluate threats, and arrange the perfect heist, without ever returning to the scene of the crime. Thanks,…
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Publisher Annapurna Interactive and BAFTA-winning Aussie indie developer Beethoven & Dinosaur have revealed a new trailer for their upcoming game, Mixtape. It follows a group of teenage friends on their last night together, replaying their past; it promises to be a mixtape in terms of narrative, gameplay, and music. The…
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Onion Games has announced that the English localization of RPG Stray Children will be released for PC as well as Nintendo Switch sometime this year. This is the first time it is coming to Steam, as it has only launched in Japan for Nintendo Switch last December. And if you…
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Planet 47 Games has released a new trailer for its upcoming cryptid simulation game, Bigfoot Life. In the game, players take on the role of the legendary creature also known as Sasquatch. In addition to the trailer, there are new screenshots of the game on Steam. The game will be…
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