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Break The Game Drops Some Frames

I've been playing video games for the better part of 30 years and it's safe to say that I have a broad range of experiences in the medium. When I heard about a game that a bit of The Stanley Parable …

December 24, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is the follow up to the highly appraised Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s a Metroidvania with a gorgeous visual aesthetic and a focus on storytelling through your…

December 13, 2019 | 12:23 EST

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Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Launches This March

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

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Dead Cells Heads to the Swamp in Upcoming 'Bad Seed' DLC

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

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SuperEpic: The Entertainment War is a Love Letter to Metroidvanias

I think it's fair to say that there are quite a few gamers who might consider some gaming companies out there a little bit... evil. Still, they're usually "load up a game with microtransactions" evil…

December 22, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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A Knight's Quest is Worth Embarking On

Looking at A Knight's Quest, I felt a sense of immediate familiarity. As a guy who grew up playing the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I was certain that I would find something to…

December 13, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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Beraltors

Beraltors is a Metroidvania that also features creature collection mechanics, a strange art style, and even stranger writing. Your dad is missing and it's up to you to find him! Unfortunately, you're…

September 5, 2020 | 09:59 EDT

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Make Friends With the Dummies in Beraltors

Beraltors is a game that's a little difficult to describe at first, but I've settled on something that I feel makes sense: it's a Metroidvania with a Pokemon-style creature collection mechanic made…

December 10, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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It Lurks Below Badlands Update Adds Ogres, Enchanting, and More!

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

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It Lurks Below

It Lurks Below is a Metroidvania that was created by David Brevik of Graybeard Games. The name might not seem familiar to you, but he was one of the co-founders of Blizzard North and has games like …

October 11, 2019 | 05:39 EDT

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A Knight's Quest

Embark on hilarious journey as Rusty, a would-be adventurer who accidentally begins the end of the world. An action-RPG on an epic scale, Rusty must solve puzzles, fight challenging enemies, and…

October 9, 2019 | 09:59 EDT

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SuperEpic: The Entertainment War

SuperEpic is a satirical Metroidvania adventure game about microtransactions and the video game industry. Regnantcorp is an Orwellian corporation that controls the populace by keeping them addicted…

October 3, 2019 | 04:59 EDT

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Satirical Metroidvania SuperEpic Coming In December

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

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A Quick Chat About Outworlder, Igloosoft's Upcoming Sci-Fi Sandbox

Outworlder is a game that you probably haven't heard of before, but you're sure to be aware of some of the previous games the developers worked on. Starbound. Rimworld. Some devs even have a dash of …

October 3, 2019 | 04:46 EDT

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Blasphemous Review

As a franchise, Dark Souls had a huge impact on the gaming industry, to the point that “souls-like” is now regarded as its own genre. As often happens in situations like these, many following games…

September 29, 2019 | 09:48 EDT

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Blasphemous

Blasphemous is a Metroidvania set in a world that faced a catastrophe called “The Grievous Miracle”, which caused human guilt to take physical form, often turning the creatures that inhabit the world…

September 29, 2019 | 09:25 EDT

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Zelda-like A Knight's Quest Coming to PC and Consoles This Fall

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

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Mable & The Wood Review

Earlier this year, I took a quick look brief glance at an early build of Mable and The Wood, a new game from Andrew Stewart at Triplevision Games. I found the core mechanics of the game fascinating,…

August 23, 2019 | 04:01 EDT

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Targeting Mid-July For Switch Fixes

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Review - Iga To Please

As I was playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I found myself humming one of composer Michiru Yamane's songs. Yamane has a gift for music that's both catchy and atmospheric; she's soundtracked…

June 27, 2019 | 12:30 EDT

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Devs Working On Switch Performance Issues

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

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PS4 And Xbox One Players Hit By Nasty Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Bug

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

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Xbox E3 2019 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps Coming in 2020

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Publisher Shares Post-Launch Plans

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

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Coverage Club: Mable & the Wood is Shapeshifting Up Nicely

If you could put every indie game in a bag and pick one at random, you’ll probably grab a Metroidvania with pixelated graphics. For an indie Metroidvania to stand out, it needs to be memorable and…

May 24, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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Dead Cells Has Sold Two Million Copies, Rise of the Giant DLC Now Available On Consoles

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

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Mable & The Wood Launches On PC, Nintendo Switch And Xbox One This Summer

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

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Dead Cells Coming To iOS Devices This Summer

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

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Igavania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Release Date Announced

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

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is The Hollow Knight Sequel You've Been Waiting For

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Gets ESRB Rating

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

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Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight is a metroidvania with challenging combat, interesting boss battles, and a story that sees you venture an insect kingdom as a knight to delve into ancient mysteries. From the Steam…

January 13, 2019 | 09:47 EST

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Dead Cells

A roguelite, metroidvania mashup, Dead Cells is the latest from Motion Twin. You'll die a lot. You'll kill a lot. You'll learn a lot. From the Steam store description: Roguelite? Metroidvania?…

January 13, 2019 | 09:07 EST

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Linux and Mac Versions Canceled

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

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Indie Platformer Orphan To Launch on Halloween

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

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Orphan

Originally Kickstarted in 2015 Orphan is a 2D sci-fi Metroidvania title developed by Brandon Goins as a one-man team. The game tells the story of a boy who seems to be the sole survivor after his…

October 24, 2018 | 09:56 EDT

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La-Mulana 2 Coming to Consoles Next Spring

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

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La-Mulana 2

La-Mulana 2 is, shockingly, the sequel to the acclaimed title La-Mulana that was crowdfunded in 2014. Since La-Mulana was remade for Wii Ware and PC in 2011 (2013 release on Steam), many folks…

September 3, 2018 | 11:56 EDT

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Hollow Knight Coming to PS4 and Xbox One Spring 2019

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed Until 2019, PS Vita Version Canceled

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a title that was Kickstarted originally in 2015 is a new game from developers Inti Creates, including Koji Igarashi one of the original producers on the…

August 20, 2018 | 06:38 EDT

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Dead Cells Review

A clump of undetermined green mass drops from the ceiling. It merges with a headless body lying on the ground, after which a lady in armor tells you that you can't die and that things have gone quite…

August 6, 2018 | 05:57 EDT

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Salt And Sanctuary Slashes Its Way To Nintendo Switch August 2nd

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

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Yoku's Island Express Review - Multiball Madness

The pinball adventure is a small but enticing category of games. Every time something like Mario Pinball Land or Rollers of the Realm comes out, I want to like it. I give myself over and wait to be…

July 5, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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Nintendo Direct E3 2018: Overcooked 2, Killer Queen Black, & Hollow Knight

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

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Microsoft E3 2018: Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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

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Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Crowdfunding Closes May 14

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

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Pinball Platformer Yoku's Island Express Launches May 29th

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