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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Pleasant. If I had to sum up Ori and the Blind Forest in one word, that would be it. The new Xbox One and PC…
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Since late 2013, Robert Topala's Geometry Dash has been the first gaming app I load on any new iDevice I come…
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The inspirations for Fossil Echo include not just Ico, but also Shadow of the Colossus, the Oddworld series, and…
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In Rolling Sun, you're a rock. Well, technically, you're a god whose avatar is a rock. Point is, you control a…
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Wayforward has released their last Shantae platformer, Risky's Revenge, on PC. The game, which originally came out on the DS in 2010, comes with updated, HD artwork, Steam trading cards and achievements, and controller support. The two new Shantae games, Half-Genie Hero and The Pirate's Curse, are still in development.
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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
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This is Timespinner, the next big PC indie platformer (I'd say metroidvania, but people don't like that word). It's…
The excellent indie platformer Guacamelee! is coming to a whole bunch of new consoles, developer Drinkbox Studios just announced. It's coming to the PS4 July 1st, and the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U the following day. Huzzah!
A duo of Kickstarter-funded retro action platformers is out this month. The first game, Crystal Catacombs, is available today for PC, and the second, Shovel Knight, will be coming on June 26 for PC, Wii U, and 3DS.
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That's Shadowcrypt in a nutshell.
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This one's also inspired by Heart of Darkness and Another World—with the latter serving as inspiration for Flashback…
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Or I want to watch people play it, at least. Looks like a perfect game to get keyboard-smashingly frustrated over.
Well, that didn't take long. Action-RPG Heart Forth, Alicia got Kickstarter-funded in less than two days, and it also managed to get Greenlit on Steam like, almost immediately. It is currently steadily heading towards the $110,000 stretch goal, which will net the game a PS4 port. Bright future indeed.
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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.
Not content to simply create a fake 16-bit game to base their real 3D Guild Wars 2 April Fools' surprise on, ArenaNet has created a full playable version of Rytlock's Critter Rampage, and it's gleefully brutal. Play it here. Read more
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Spate is a platformer that, judging by visual aesthetic alone, looks crazy. There's a reason for that.