Publisher NIS America is partnering with developer IKINAGAMES Co. to bring sci-fi RPG Starbites to the West early next year. The game is scheduled to be released in Japan as The Starbites this October for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series. The Western announcement is for PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and Switch — there’s no Xbox version listed.…
First released in Japan last February, NIS America has announced the Western launch date for pixel action RPG Cladun X3: it will launch for PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch late next month. In the game, villains have been summoned to Arcanus Cella for a death game in the name of…
It seems to take a lifetime for the Trails games to make…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here,…
Publisher NIS America is partnering with developer IKINAGAMES Co. to bring sci-fi RPG Starbites to the West early next year. The game is scheduled to be released in Japan as The Starbites this October for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series. The Western announcement is for PC, PlayStation 5,…
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First released in Japan last February, NIS America has announced the Western launch date for pixel action RPG Cladun X3: it will launch for PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch late next month. In the game, villains have been summoned to Arcanus Cella for a death game in the name of…
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It seems to take a lifetime for the Trails games to make their way from Japan to the West, even though it’s truthfully less than a couple of years. Delays don’t help, though! The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon follows this pattern; it was originally released in Japan…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. 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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I come bearing good news and bad news. The good? RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon will be launching for Switch 2 alongside its previously announced PC and console versions. The bad? The game’s release window was originally set for this (Northern) fall, but that has now…
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II is the second game in a trilogy; the trilogy is part of a long-running RPG series, The Legend of Heroes. The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II follows a great game, so anticipation is building over its launch next Friday, February…
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Starting a game in the middle of a story arc often means remembering details from predecessors. Some people remember every single major or minor plot point, while those like me may only remember a handful of the major plot points and almost no minor ones. NIS America is solving the…
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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…
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When The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak launched in the West earlier this year, DDNet’s Editor-in-Chief Matt described the JRPG as “a new starting point for a new, epic arc.” That arc has already continued in Japan with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II when the people…
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Some epic games have come from RPG Maker for PC but the versions for consoles haven’t gotten as much attention. Of course, there are always the outliers, like Nestor who spent 1600 hours creating a JRPG using RPG Maker MV on Nintendo Switch. (Matt interviewed Nestor for DDNet, so check…
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