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,…
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is coming to Switch today. Drinkbox Studios announced the stealth release in a press release, adding that Guacamelee! 2 will arrive on the Nintendo console sometime in December. It won’t have any additional content, but will support up to four players with the Joy-Con.
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.…
In unexpectedly wonderful news, Xbox’s Major Nelson revealed Ori and the Blind Forest is getting an expansion on PC and Xbox One this year. There aren’t any details on what to expect yet, but if you haven’t yet played one of this year’s best games, get on it! Read more
The magical time-traveling metroidvania, Timespinner, has managed to reach its Kickstarter goal. It is currently working towards two stretch goals, a PlayStation 4 port and a PS Vita port, for which it needs to collect an additional $13,000 and $23,000, respectively, in about three weeks. Read more
This is Timespinner, the next big PC indie platformer (I'd say metroidvania, but people don't like that word). It's…
This is Mark of the Old Ones, a physics adventure-platformer with a Lovecraftian twist in which you're some sort of a tentacled abomination. Watching the trailer I'm reminded more of Gish than anything. A really pretty, horror-themed Gish. It has an ongoing Kickstarter campaign, if you're interested.