The Dead Cells Fatal Falls DLC has been announced, but you're going to have to wait to play it — it's not going to launch until sometime in early 2021. Dead Cells is a game that mashes up…
December 1, 2020 | 03:31 EST
The Bloodless Bloodstained Update has arrived, adding yet another playable character to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an "Igavania," a class of Metroidvania…
November 11, 2020 | 02:39 EST
Nintendo always like to leave a surprise in there somewhere, don't they... For today's Nintendo Direct Mini, it was the reveal and release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. The Metroidvania…
September 17, 2020 | 10:55 EDT
The first DLC pack for side-scrolling Metroidvania game Blasphemous has been announced. Blasphemous: The Stir of Dawn will add a number of new features to the game and launches this August. The Stir…
July 20, 2020 | 12:20 EDT
Developed by Glass Heart Games and published by Another Indie, Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D action-adventure taking inspiration from Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary. Its art style looks like a…
June 14, 2020 | 01:14 EDT
Koji Igarashi and ArtPlay's Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has sold over a million copies. In order to celebrate the milestone, Bloodstained is getting a raft of new content…
June 10, 2020 | 10:10 EDT
The Bloodstained Zangetsu character and Randomizer Mode will be arriving in an update this week, finally fulfilling some longstanding Kickstarter promises. If you're unfamiliar with Bloodstained:…
May 4, 2020 | 05:17 EDT
Half-Life: Alyx is taking the world by storm. Although it is not exactly what everyone is waiting from Valve for the Half-Life franchise, but it is something you can use to ease the pain of waiting…
March 25, 2020 | 02:38 EDT
Dandara, a Metroidvania platformer released back in 2018, has just received a free content update. The Trials of Fear Edition update adds a bunch of new stuff including new bosses, extra areas, new…
March 6, 2020 | 09:25 EST
Konami has sneakily released Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on mobile platforms. It's available to buy right now on Android and iOS and will set you back a mere $2.99, which isn't bad for an all-…
March 4, 2020 | 09:00 EST
Today, Koji Igarashi, the producer of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, has announced that the title's Kickstarter Stretch Goal of an accompanying Roguelike mode will not be released, with a…
March 3, 2020 | 09:32 EST
An Outworlder demo is now available for those of you who are keen on checking out the next generation of 2D sandbox games according to a press release from the developer. If you haven't heard of …
January 28, 2020 | 01:00 EST
At long last, the seriously good looking Ori and the Will of the Wisps is coming to Xbox One, Steam, and Game Pass on March 11, 2020. A new trailer (which you can watch below) dropped at this year's…
December 12, 2019 | 10:27 EST
Motion Twin and Evil Empire announced the first paid content DLC for action roguelike Dead Cells today, set to come early next year. Titled "The Bad Seed," the expansion will add new biomes, monsters…
December 5, 2019 | 10:30 EST
The It Lurks Below Badlands Update is here and it brings with it a treasure trove of new content for players to enjoy! This Metroidvania from David Brevik's Graybeard Games — a man whose previous…
October 11, 2019 | 05:50 EDT
Conga Master and Superola and the Lost Burgers developer Undercoders has announced a new game. SuperEpic is a satirical Metroidvania platformer coming to PC and consoles in December. In …
October 3, 2019 | 04:58 EDT
Today, Sky-9 Games and Curve Digital announced A Knight's Quest, a Zelda-like Action-Adventure title which releases on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this Fall for…
September 10, 2019 | 05:20 EDT
Artplay and 505 Games are targeting mid-July for the upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Nintendo Switch fix. The game has run into its fair share of problems on Nintendo's console including…
July 5, 2019 | 09:40 EDT
Artplay and 505 Games are aware of the performance issues Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is having on Nintendo Switch. The studios are working to fix the problem. In a series of posts on the…
June 26, 2019 | 10:20 EDT
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night players on PS4 and Xbox One have run into a pretty lethal bug. This bug blocks progress and forces players to restart the game. Patch 1.02 fixes it, but there's a…
June 20, 2019 | 10:20 EDT
The third game to be revealed at Microsoft's E3 conference is Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This sequel to the gorgeous 2015 platformer Ori and the Blind Forest, which won over 50 awards, is set to…
June 9, 2019 | 05:18 EDT
Earlier this month we shared the release date announced for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 18, with the Nintendo Switch release slated…
May 27, 2019 | 10:56 EDT
Developer Motion Twin has just announced that their acclaimed Metroidvania platformer Dead Cells (Our Review) has sold two million copies since its final release in August last year. Additionally,…
May 23, 2019 | 12:51 EDT
Graffiti Games and Triplevision Games have announced that Mable & The Wood will release on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam this summer. Players will explore a dying fantasy world in which…
May 16, 2019 | 10:29 EDT
Dead Cells was released on August 7 last year for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. That was already six platforms in a single release. Now the developer…
May 7, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
The Kickstarter campaign for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was funded in June 2015, achieving the impressive sum of $5.5 million in crowdfunding pledges. Additional crowdfunding lasted until May…
May 2, 2019 | 11:15 EDT
Team Cherry, the developers of 2017's critically acclaimed action-platformer Hollow Knight, has announced their next game. Hollow Knight: Silksong is a full-blown sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong wasn…
February 14, 2019 | 12:20 EST
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has gotten its ESRB rating. This game is essentially a spiritual successor to the beloved Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and fans are understandably excited…
February 4, 2019 | 10:00 EST
Unfortunate news for gamers on less-popular operating systems: Bloodstained Linux and Mac versions have been canceled. Unfortunately, it seems that developing the game on these operating systems was…
December 28, 2018 | 10:00 EST
2D indie sci-fi game Orphan is set to release on PC on October 31st. Originally crowdfunded by a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, Orphan tells the story of a young boy who may (or may not) be the…
October 24, 2018 | 09:57 EDT
As announced at PAX West 2018, Nigoro and Playism will be bringing La-Mulana 2 to Xbox One, PS4 and Switch sometime in "Spring 2019." The information was corroborated by a Steam announcement. The…
September 3, 2018 | 11:57 EDT
Great news for console owners as Team Cherry and Skybound Games announce that their acclaimed metroidvania Hollow Knight will get a physical and digital release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in…
August 21, 2018 | 10:30 EDT
In a monthly update posted to Kickstarter, director Koji Igarashi announced that not only will Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night be delayed, but the Vita version had been canceled. After publishing…
August 20, 2018 | 06:38 EDT
2D hack-and-slash platformer Salt and Sanctuary is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 2nd. The game, which is currently available on PS4, PC and PS Vita, will be released for Nintendo's hybrid…
July 28, 2018 | 10:36 EDT
Three Nindies announcements were dropped at the Nintendo Direct for E3 2018: Overcooked 2, Killer Queen Black, and Hollow Knight. All three of these titles will be coming to the Nintendo Switch.…
June 12, 2018 | 01:18 EDT
Microsoft revealed Ori and the Will of the Wisps with a full-length trailer during their E3 2018 press conference on Sunday. The trailer concluded with a 2019 release window for the game. Check out…
June 10, 2018 | 05:15 EDT
If you're keen on getting in on the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night crowdfunding campaign, you have a bit over two weeks before it's closed for good according to a backer update posted on the game'…
April 29, 2018 | 03:49 EDT
Pinball platform adventure Yoku's Island Express launches on May 29th for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, developer Villa Gorilla has confirmed. The game was originally announced back in…
April 22, 2018 | 09:30 EDT
Developer Team Cherry has announced that Lifeblood, the new update to the Metroidvania game Hollow Knight is now available for PC users. Hollow Knight: Lifeblood is the result of months of tweaking…
April 21, 2018 | 02:04 EDT
Koji Igarashi, producer and scenario writer for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, recently participated in a panel at SXSW where he talked about some of the changes made in the game and where it's…
March 26, 2018 | 09:34 EDT
Since its initial release about a year ago, Metroidvania title Hollow Knight has received two free expansions which have added new elements to the already massive 2D game such as new NPC’s,…
January 31, 2018 | 04:00 EST
French indie developer Motion Twin has finally confirmed some specifics regarding the console ports of its hit Steam Early Access 2D roguelike Dead Cells, including which consoles it will be coming…
January 29, 2018 | 12:18 EST
Dead Cells, the early access rogue-lite Metroidvania, is set for a price change after the Steam winter sale winds down. Developer Motion Twin released a new post detailing the price change. Although…
January 2, 2018 | 08:36 EST
(Update: The free copy of Jotun: Valhalla Edition is also available on Steam as well as GOG as originally reported.) Thunder Lotus Games have announced that their next hand drawn action game Sundered…
July 14, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Usually, I'm not one to get anticipated for Kickstarter games, but when gothic horror and former Castlevania director Koji Igarashi is involved, it's hard hard for me to ignore it. So when I got a…
June 19, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Gareth Coker was on stage playing a solemn and haunting piano track as the sounds of nature gently faded in and the screen came to life showcasing Ori And The Will Of The Wisps. A massive frog-like…
June 11, 2017 | 07:32 EDT
Developer Koji Igarashi has shown off a new E3 trailer and screenshots for their kickstarter project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. According to an update on the Kickstarter, Bloodstained will…
June 10, 2017 | 12:40 EDT
Dead Cells, a Metroidvania with roguelite elements and a dash of Dark Souls, is coming to Steam Early Access on May 10 according to a press release. Billed as a "roguevania", the game sets out to…
April 25, 2017 | 04:10 EDT