And here we are again, back with shares of super-late Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? episodes. In my defense, we've had a hectic few weeks of news and goings-on. The schadenfreude derived from watching the Burches' poisonous sibl...
| Tony Ponce |
Joining the already announced PC version, Compulsion Games has signed on with Focus Home Interactive to bring its hybrid 2D/3D puzzle platformer Contrast to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network later this year. Set in th...
| Jordan Devore |
Hello Games is finally releasing both Joe Danger and Joe Danger 2 for the PC! They'll both be available through Steam, and they'll each have Steamworks implemented to easily share custom created levels. The PC versions will a...
| Hamza CTZ Aziz |
Tetris Blitz is now available on iOS and Android for free. Blitz takes the Tetris concept and shoves it into a two minute line clearing frenzy where you want to score as many points as possible. The fast-paced game features o...
| Hamza CTZ Aziz |
While The Witness might seem like quite the departure from Braid, at least at first glance, there are similarities to be found -- particularly with the way the games' overall themes are presented. "When you go in, if you jus...
| Jordan Devore |
SpikySnail Games is targeting a June release on Steam for its enhanced-for-Windows/Mac/Linux Super Splatters. The physics-based puzzler provided a good deal of fun in its original Xbox Live Arcade incarnation, and this new In...
| Jordan Devore |
Terry Cavanagh is known for making some of the most brutally difficult, yet immensely satisfying games. VVVVVV showcased some downright masochistic platforming, and Super Hexagon provided twitch gaming that evoked an almost r...
| Darren Nakamura |
A few seconds into this trailer for The Swapper and I'm reminded of how uniquely gorgeous the puzzle-platformer looks. There is, after all, a reason why we resort to bringing up The Neverhood in these situations; not enough ...
| Jordan Devore |
On the cusp of a number of PC summer sales, Indie Royale has released another mostly-fantastic indie game compilation. Known as the The Mayhem Bundle, players will get five indie titles that sufficiently "bring the pain" thr...
| Jason Cabral |
Triple Town developer Spry Fox's new game is indeed inspired by the Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken." Aren't you glad we got that out of the way early? Described as a puzzle game blended with roguelike elements, Road N...
| Jordan Devore |
Just last week, we first learned about Teslagrad in its debut trailer. The video piqued Jordan's interest with its steampunk world, hand-drawn art, and magnetism-based puzzle platforming. If you also liked what you saw, you c...
| Darren Nakamura |
GungHo Online Entertainment's Puzzle & Dragons is all the rage in Japan. The hit mobile title pulled in $133 million last month and has been downloaded by more than 13 million people, roughly 10 percent of the country's p...
| Kyle MacGregor |
At least in this household, The Incredible Machine was a PC gaming mainstay. Even to this day, the Rube Goldberg puzzles immediately evoke a warm sense of nostalgia. Something tells me I'm far from alone in that regard, which...
| Jordan Devore |
The combination of puzzle and platforming is one of my favorite hybrid genres of all time. There's something about having to figure out challenges on the fly while testing your twitch capabilities that makes for a unique expe...
| Chris Carter |
The first Mario vs. Donkey Kong was a very deliberate successor to Donkey Kong on Game Boy, which was in turn an evolution of the original arcade titles. Since then, focus has shifted away from puzzle-platforming towards pure...
| Tony Ponce |
Indie studio Grapefrukt has been quietly working on games since at least 2009, and it definitely has a distinctive style, opting to design with the "less is more" philosophy firmly in mind. After making Tektonik for the recen...
| Darren Nakamura |