You can win a physical PS4 copy of Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack in today's contest! When it comes to anime-style stuff, I'm completely out of my element. Sometimes I think I'm the only gamer who falls under that affliction, but ...

A color-shifting puzzle-platformer called Hue is this week's Epic Games Store freebie, and if that sounds like your sorta "finish in one sitting" jam – it got pretty good reviews, and there's colorblind support if needed – then ...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps and the original Ori are fantastic games to play in rapid succession. While that's entirely possible on the PC and Xbox One platforms, you'll have to adjust a bit if you played the first game on Switch: current...

This week's Arcade Archives release has me stumped, as Seibu Kaihatsu's Wiz - now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch - is one of the few games to grace Hamster's retro range that I've never encountered once in my extended life...

Inti Creates has announced that its recently revealed retro sequel Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 will launch on Nintendo Switch as soon as July 10. Budding castle adventurers can pre-order the title over on the Nintendo eShop, priced at...

If there's nothing I dislike more, it's being the bearer of bad news. But I'm sorry to inform fans that the Ape Escape 20th Anniversary Twitter account has abruptly closed down, with a strange message hinting that perhaps a project was init...

With the sun beating down hard on much of the world right now, its the perfect time for a spot of photosynthesis. In keeping with the summer season, spirited "plant girl" Kanna is getting set to bring some flower power to Inti Creates' Blas...

In case you forgot (and I get it, it was years ago!), Inti Creates was initially slated to help with a chunk of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's development work, but was moved off the project mid-stream. Thankfully they were still able ...

Well, the secret is finally out. Following a very clever jigsaw puzzle tease and a full-on leak, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time has been confirmed this morning by Activision, developed by Toys for Bob. Sporting a latter-era Crash&...

[Update: The new announcement on June 22 confirmed that the real date is October 2, 2020, not October 9.] Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time hasn't even been officially revealed yet, but it seems we have not only confirmation of its arrival...

It's been a very long time coming, but it seems that Devolver Digital's The Messenger is finally ready to take a running leap onto Xbox One. According to a Microsoft Store listing spotted by @h0x0d, Sabotage Studios' challenging platform ad...

"It's about time." That's what Crash Bandicoot fans have been thinking for well over a decade now. The N. Sane Trilogy remasters from 2017 were a good start, but those are just retreads of games from the PS1 era. Crash Team Racing...

[Update: NIS America has confirmed that Mad Rat Dead will launch in North America and Europe on October 30, with Australia and New Zealand to follow on November 6. The publisher also released a new English language trailer, which you can ch...

While there was certainly a lot of excitement and hype on the Information Superhighway following last week's PS5: The Future of Gaming presentation, for many fans the show was stolen entirely by the appearance of a brand new, mallet-wieldin...

With the latest season of Rick and Morty ending, another one of Justin Roiland's creations is rising in its place. Well, another port of a 2019 creation, but the point still stands. Last year Trover Saves the Universe arrived on t...

In any other year, we'd be finished with E3 by now and all the new game announcements. But nothing is that easy in 2020 So instead of wrapping up our coverage of the biggest show in games, we're jumping around from stream to stream finding...

Astro Bot Rescue Mission was a shockingly great 3D platfomer for PlayStation VR that not enough people played. Now, the little bot is back with Astro's Playroom from Japan Studio and Team Asobi. During Sony's PlayStation 5 showcase today, ...

Sackboy is back. As revealed in today's PS5: The Future of Gaming presentation, Sumo Digital is working on a 3D platformer starring LittleBigPlanet's homespun hero, Sackboy. Sackboy: A Big Adventure will see the little knitted fella run, ju...

Snake Pass is the perfect storm for "I'll get to it later." It's a novel and cute game with a nontraditional locomotion scheme, that much is good. But, it got middling review scores as the consensus seemed to be that all the snake stu...

I love a good 3D platformer and I especially love video games with demonic protagonists. Demon Turf, a trippy-looking title with 2D characters in a 3D world, kills two birds with one smoldering stone. The upcoming PC, Nintendo Switch, and ...

Prinny fans will be pleased to know that we now have a release date for the DOOD's upcoming double pack Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded. The Disgaea mascot's adventures will arrive on Nintendo Switch in North America October 13, before he...

In news pretty much nobody saw coming, earlier '00s platforming hero Kao the Kangaroo is getting set to make a world-rocking comeback. As revealed by developer Tate Multimedia, the haymaker-throwing antipodean is gearing up for a big return...

Inti Creates' hyper-kinetic platformer Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 will be bringing its fast-paced sci-fi action to PC later this month, following on from its previous release on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and 3DS.Gunvolt 2 follows dual storylines, ...

Oh Shantae, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... As I've noted before, rarely do video games make me literally smile while I'm playing, but WayForward's Shantae series has me grinning like a durn fool. I'm besotted with these advent...

The type of gaming news that keeps my heart pumpin', Strictly Limited and ININ Games have announced that they have acquired Clockwork Aquario - a '90s arcade game that never actually saw launch - with intentions of releasing the lost title ...