I had no idea what I was getting into when I first put Rygar into my NES. I had borrowed the game, released in 1987…

Fifteen hours into Indivisible, the long-awaited action role-playing game from Skullgirls creator Lab Zero, I’m…

Control is the latest game from the makers of Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break. It’s a twisted, haunting…

It’s already mid-July, and I still haven’t made it to the beach. Maybe you haven’t either. The Messenger’s free…

Let’s talk about one of my least favorite words in the video game lexicon: metroidvania. A portmanteau combining the…

Genre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum…

Timespinner is a game that’s trying really hard to be Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It’s got the platforming,…

A space pilot named Gary crash-lands on a small planet, gets stuck in his ship, and sends his cat (who caused the…

Guacamelee 2 feels great to play. It’s a demanding platformer with elements drawn from the beat ‘em ups of old but…

I went into Chasm searching for something that would knock me on my ass. What I found was entertaining, but nothing…

Rogue Legacy is a great game, but, five years after release, a few things were missing from it on PC. Cloud saves,…

Earlier this week, Chasm, the years-in-development action-adventure platformer inspired by games like Super Castlevan…

It took Ska Studios just over a year to get its side-scrolling action game onto the Vita, but the wait was worth it.…

Following up on the success of Norse mythology action RPG Jotun, Thunder Lotus Games goes back to the drawing board…

Headlander is a wild new Metroidvania for PS4 and PC from the folks at Double Fine Productions and Adult Swim Games.…

This is Timespinner, the next big PC indie platformer (I'd say metroidvania, but people don't like that word). It's…