The Nintendo Download for 1/8/26 is here with another weird weekly digest. Not many featured titles this week, but plenty of digital games to enjoy for all.

Super Rare Games have announced that the first physical edition of 2026 will be Shovel Knight Dig! A frenetic rogue-like from Yacht Club coming to PS5 & Switch.

HPP's last preview of 2025 is Mato Fragments, a compelling and somewhat perplexing VN from Arrowiz and Soft Source, set in the world of Mato Anomalies.

CrossWorlds is a lot of fun to race your way through. The cars feel good and it has some interesting ideas about keeping things fresh. I did come away from my time with it wanting a bit more, though.

As a longtime fan of the work of Inti Creates, I’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties of late. While they always provide stylish and unique adventures, most of them platforming-focused, ...

Spray Paint Simulator Review: Back to Work? People often scoff when I tell them how much I like PowerWash Simulator. Washing in a video game instead of doing it in real life feels wasteful to people, ...

Let’s start with those systems. Just Defend is my favorite returning mechanic, incentivizing players to time their blocks perfectly in order to recover quicker. It’s a brilliant mechanic that gets ...

Rusty Rabbit Review: Easter Comes Early in the Apocalypse! Lately, I seem to find myself covering unique games featuring rabbits. Pretty recently, I got the chance to review Telebbit, about a ...

Shadow of the Orient Review: Kung Fu to the Rescue? One of the things I miss most from the 3DS era was the huge slate of relatively inexpensive digital adventures. Granted, there’s still some in the ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a breath of fresh air when it was released back in ye olde 2018, eschewing magic and fantasy to present a much more grounded and historical experience. Set in what is now ...

It’s always seemed strange that nobody has made big moves to bring the extraction shooter to consoles. Tarkov has the PC market wrapped up, and while there have been console efforts, such as DMZ mode ...

Since tales about quantum realms and alternate realities are all the rage these days, let me start this review by revealing my own hidden history. Way back in the day, I was a gigantic fan of the ...