Crossover ventures are always a pretty good idea from a marketing standpoint. By combining the popular characters of a variety of brands, you chance the opportunity to pull together fans from multiple franchises, all vying to see their favo...

The visuals for Save me Mr. Tako!, Nicalis’s upcoming platform adventure game from Christophe Galati, don't activate any “rose-tinted glasses” sense of nostalgia for me. I never owned a Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or the Sup...

A couple of days after the surprise announcement of The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, creator Edmund McMillan took to twitter to briefly confirm what, indeed, the title was.According to McMillan, Repentance will be the final DLC for The Bin...

As somebody who covers plenty of mobile games, I've seen my fair share of copycats. When some type of game makes it big, a flood of imitators is not far behind. It's disheartening to see, but sometimes it's absolutely necessary. When lookin...

Switch physical releases are all the rage, within the Switch community at least. Publishers aren't huge on them as indicated by many instances where they skipped over them entirely, or lamented on the "Switch tax," or the extra cost associa...

Nicalis has announced a new release in the super-popular, super-sickly series The Binding of Isaac. A short, grim teaser announces the coming of The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.There is no further information given to the project as to rel...

2018 for the Nintendo Switch will be remembered as the year of the ports. Dragon Quest Builders, Bayonetta 1 & 2, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Captain Toad, Super Meat Boy and so many more have made the jump from whereever...

This week Nicalis has confirmed the launch date for the interestingly looking Blade Strangers -- August 28. It'll launch on PC, PS4, and Switch, and will involve various indie crossovers from Cave Story, to Binding of Isaac, to Co...

Ikaruga is one of the purest gaming experiences out there. It's a brutally difficult shoot-'em-up, the kind of short-but-sweet game that takes a clever mechanic, explores it to its full extent, and doesn't pack on any unwanted fat. You coul...

Just in case you were somehow still on the fence, Shovel Knight will be joining the roster of Nicalis' crossover fighter Blade Strangers. We're still only a few days off of the announcement of Gunvolt, Quote, and Isaac yet Nicalis keeps sur...

When did Nicalis appoint itself the queen of the crossover? This week the publisher has been dropping bombs for its upcoming fighter Blade Strangers. Now, before the onslaught of E3 reveals, it's pulling back the curtain on another crossove...

Over the past two days, Nicalis dropped two new trailers for its upcoming crossover fighter Blade Strangers that confirmed Quote from Cave Story and Gunvolt from Azure Striker Gunvolt will be playable characters in the game. The hits just k...

[Update: Nicalis isn't quite done spilling the beans on Blade Strangers as it just confirmed Quote from Cave Story will be a playable character too. Check out his video below.] 2018 is going to end up as one the greatest years for fighters ...

Treasure's everlasting shmup Ikaruga is officially headed to Nintendo Switch. After some not-so-subtle port teases last month, the company is moving ahead with Nicalis for a Switch version that's due out May 29, 2018. It'll cost $14.99 on t...

I may have lost the will to play, but The Binding of Isaac is still going strong and that's genuinely impressive. Today on Steam, owners of the Afterbirth+ expansion got the fifth and final "booster pack." This video sets the mood. Here's ...

When people argue about game difficulty, most of the time what they're really arguing about is if said game was properly marketed to the same people who would end up enjoying it. Cuphead looks like a cute, simple 2D platformer, but it's act...

The "Hang in there" kitten became a cultural icon for a reason. Sure, many say they only liked the poster ironically, but whether we want to admit it or not, the image of an innocent, desperate little animal hanging onto life by one paw is...

When VVVVVV was released on the Switch a couple of weeks ago, publisher Nicalis announced on the same day that the game was also getting a new co-op mode. It also has a couple of new graphical filters, like Isaac mode, but for the most part...

I've strategically fallen my way through Terry Cavanagh's darling platformer VVVVVV countless times before, but what's one more gravity-shifting romp? The game is out today on Nintendo Switch and this version sports a two-player cooperative...

Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's platforming adventure The End is Nigh is one of those games I'm willing to wait to play until I can do so on Nintendo Switch, right alongside Hollow Knight. The Switch version launches December 12 and that...

Publishers Nicalis are teaming up with DotEmu to bring Lizardcube's beautiful remake of 1989's Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap to store shelves, with the announcement of a forthcoming physical release for the stylish adventure game, which lau...

The absolutely wonderful VVVVVV will be heading to Nintendo Switch on November 17, Nicalis announced today. The game will run at 60 FPS and include a bunch of graphical filters to shake things up along with a multiplayer mode (that is aweso...

If you're into physical editions of indie games and the Nintendo Switch, then you'll love the upcoming retail Switch copy of Edmund McMillen's The End is Nigh. Not only will it include some sweet ass box art and the excellent platformer, bu...

The main reason I wanted to get Cave Story+ on Nintendo Switch was the promise of two-player co-op. As these things often go, I grew restless and ended up buying the game early, working my up to Curly Brace before forcing myself to stop pla...

Nicalis is on a roll with announcements today. Shortly after teasing a bunch of upcoming ports for the Switch, they've announced that physical pre-orders for Ittle Dew 2+ (a Zelda inspired adventure game) will come with a water resistant ma...