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The last Ice Age film or short came out back in 2016. There has been the talk of a new film or TV series, but…
The original Yooka-Laylee attempted to capture the magic of 3D platformers like Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64,…
The first time I saw Hell Is Other Demons was through a lovely gameplay GIF circulating on Twitter. It looked…
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I don’t normally shed tears when a video game ends. I hardly ever pause in the middle of a playthrough to appreciate…
Rain World is coming to the Nintendo Switch later today. I actually really loved the survival platformer’s esoteric rules and thought they complimented the game’s beautiful, mysterious world, but fortunately, Switch is getting the 1.7 version which includes an easy mode for when dying all the time starts to wear thin.
Guacamelee 2 feels great to play. It’s a demanding platformer with elements drawn from the beat ‘em ups of old but…
Gris is one of those great-looking indie games, the type that has no trouble hitting a Kickstarter funding goal,…
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Celeste is pure. Each room offers new challenges, but the solution is always the same: jump. Jumping is remixed in…
Watching this brutal Super Mario clone spring hilarious, unexpected traps on a poor player is hypnotic.
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Sometimes you need to punch a skeleton and use their severed arm to smack a ghost in the face. Long Live the Axe is…
Super Lucky’s Tale is a delightful take on Nintendo 64-era 3D platformers. The titular fox hero wanders through a mix of free-roaming 3D and 2D platforming levels, searching for coins, letters and other collectibles in a very pretty game with responsive controls. It could use a bit more personality, but otherwise it’s… Read more
You know that feeling you get when you ride a roller coaster? The breathless anticipation, followed by the shrieking…
In Mushroom Heroes, I’m looking at a fast-moving platform over a bed of spikes. Timing my jump is one thing, but…
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Slime-San is the type of twitchy, lighting-quick platformer I‘m happy to spend hours dying in.
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Standby is hardcore platformer by Noclip. Blazing a trail through technicolor obstacle courses, players slide along…
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Gonner is a roguelike-inspired platformer that does not care if you think it’s too hard. When you’re playing, you…
Those are some wicked lighting effects. The GIF comes from the devlog for MegaSphere, an action-RPG-roguelite-platformer currently being developed for PC, and is one in a series of GIFs demonstrating a newly introduced weapon, Storm. Lots more info here.
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