In today's giveaway you can snag a closed beta key for retro-inspired platformer Kaze and the Wild Masks! It's that time again -- we've got some closed beta keys so you can try out a brand new game before anyone else can. That's pretty cool...

The Half-Genie Hero will make her long-awaited return on May 28, when WayForward Games releases Shantae and the Seven Sirens in its entirety for PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.The fifth entry in the fantastic platform series sees Sh...

This one goes out to all the parents with kids who are driving them up the wall. From now until April 1, 2020, The Behemoth is letting Steam users download and play Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, and Pit People for free on PC. "If yo...

I know there are a lot of dirt-cheap indie games on the Nintendo Switch eShop, and I know you have a bunch of stuff to play right now, but hear me out: Pikuniku is great, and you should grab it for $0.99. For starters, the game normally cos...

I lost hope that we would ever see a sequel to PixelJunk Eden out of Q-Games, and that makes today's surprise announcement during the Indie World Showcase all the sweeter. PixelJunk Eden 2 exists, and it's coming in summer 2020 to Nintendo ...

Late last year, Exit the Gungeon was released. Wait, another Enter the Gungeon game came out?! Well, it debuted on Apple Arcade as a launch exclusive, so that might be why you haven't heard of it. Well now you probably will hear a...

Microids has announced a physical edition for the recent Switch release of Xbox actioner Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD. Already available to purchase digitally on the Nintendo platform, hard-copy fans will be able to pick the boxed release ...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an excellent metroidvania. After Blind Forest, there was no doubt that the followup would be quality. However, like any metroidvania, it's most enjoyable when you're most capable. Unlocking new abilitie...

The cliched "games are art" discussion is bound to cause eye-rolling in 2020, but Ori and the Blind Forest feels like one of those examples that's just unanimously celebrated. Much like a well-animated Don Bluth film, Ori still ho...

It happened! Another week passed us by. It's Thursday again, which means a new batch of free PC games is claimable and downloadable from the Epic Games Store. Today's lineup is a doozy. Until 8:00 a.m. Pacific on March 19, 2020, you can gra...

When's Spelunky 2 coming out? That's still TBD. But if we had a release date, I'd be counting the days. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Spelunky creator Derek Yu shared a status update and spoke about a few new improvements planned for the lo...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps does things a bit differently when it comes to combat. Unlike the original, the incredibly cute and formidable Ori will not dispatch enemies by way of mashing the attack button and throwing out short-ranged lit...

The Apple Arcade experiment is still chugging along (the $4.99 subscription service that works kind of like Xbox Game Pass), and it just got a shot in the arm this month with Crossy Road Castle, its newest exclusive. In case you missed the ...

NIS America has revealed the second of its two surprise announcements: Prinny - mascot of fantasy series Disgaea, as well as the NIS corporation itself - is bringing their own brand of wacky action to Nintendo Switch in the form of Prinny 1...

One of the greatest video games of all time, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, is now available to purchase on iOS and Android, giving fans the chance to carry Konami's 1997 PlayStation classic with them wherever they may wander.Directed ...

DuckTales: Remastered was delisted from digital stores in 2019, but the game is back today. Capcom shared the news this morning and reminded us that the prettied-up platformer is available for purchase on PC via Steam, PlayStation 3, Xbox 3...

We're just a few weeks away from the return of boomerang-swinging hero TY the Tasmanian Tiger, as the HD remaster of the 2002 platformer launches on Nintendo Switch March 31, following a very successful crowdfunding campaign.The Kickstarter...

It's been a while since our last Bloodstained update. The development team was hard at work fixing the Switch version (there's still more work to be done) and getting the other versions in sync with each other. This week's Kickstarter ...

Switch owners looking for an old-school dose of platforming action might want to take a look at Mad Gear Games' Kemono Heroes, which has just launched on the Nintendo eShop courtesy of publisher NIS.This retro-styled tale of furry folklore ...

Among the many releases scheduled to appear at the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020 event is a mysterious new title by the name of "Wonder Boy Universe: Asha in Monster World," first spotted on the official GDC 2020 exhibitor ...

Today's contest features Steam copies of action-packed roguelike Skul: The Hero Slayer! Ever notice how your head is like, just there? Like, it's stuck there. It never moves. Sometimes you hit it on the shelf or something, and it's really m...

Yacht Club Games reminded us today to not sleep on Cyber Shadow, the ninja-led platformer revealed last March from Mechanical Head Studios (specifically Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker). By way of their second Yacht Club Games P...

Just because the Time Pieces were recovered, didn't mean Hat Kid's work was done. The wonderful little mascot platformer A Hat in Time got significant post-release support in the form of a couple of add-ons: Seal the Deal and Nyak...

KeyWe is way too cute. It's a cooperative puzzle-platformer about a pair of flightless birds who are trying their absolute best to manage a chaotic postal office and get messages where they need to go. Also, they're named Jeff and Debra. I ...

I played Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy for the first time in 2020, and I have zero regrets about that decision. I almost certainly would've clicked with it even more in 2001 (I just had a GameCube at the time), but things didn't work...