One of my favorite parts of covering expos is watching developers refine their games over the years, especially when it's smaller projects that blossom into something much more substantial. That's definitely the case with Super Meat Boy For...

Spelunky 2 is in good hands. That wasn't really a concern, but it's nice to have confirmed all the same. I took the opening hour of PAX as my chance to find the roguelike action-platformer sequel tucked away in the PlayStation booth and tri...

So far Capcom has revealed Mega Man 11's Torch Man, Blast Man, Block Man, and Fuse Man, all of which seem to have a ton of personality thanks to their cute but memorable designs and full voice acting (and puns!). Now to kick off their showi...

It's immediately obvious at first glance that Sabotage Studios' retro-inspired platformer The Messenger owes a debt of gratitude to the classic Ninja Gaiden titles of the late '80s/early '90s. But what would those original 8-bit developers ...

After 800 million years in development (all numbers approximate), Chasm finally released in late July on PC, PS4, and Vita. It was pretty dang good! This procedurally-generated metroidvania was a success, even in a launch window that w...

Most of Tyler: Model 005 is spent in the dark -- proverbially and literally. The darkness saps this little robot's battery and the light recharges it. That's the central mechanic. But it's also an amnesic tale of sorts where Tyler, the...

When Guacamelee first dropped in 2013 we weren't exactly hurting for metroidvanias, but we weren't in the completely resplendent period we are now either. Here's the thing about Guacamelee 2 -- it's one of those lateral sequels, the ki...

Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry has been busy. After a successful 2015 Kickstarter they launched Hollow Knight back in February of 2017 but have been hard at work with DLC ever since. And here's the catch: it's free DLC. After rele...

The speedrunning community took a liking to Ori and the Blind Forest, and based on how well Ori and the Will of the Wisps is shaping up, I think they're going to have a lot to dissect in this sequel. At gamescom, Moon Studios debuted a new ...

When Swery65's The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories was announced earlier this year, it left us kind of confused. When the first screenshots of the game debuted not too long ago, that confusion wasn't exactly cleared u...

Nearly a year after A Hat in Time originally launched, it's missing from just one major platform. It's available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, but it's not yet available on the one console where a lot of people most want to play an indie m...

A Hat in Time is releasing on Nintendo Switch, but that's only half of developer Gears for Breakfast's gamescom announcement. The PC version is getting a neat duo of freebies in just a few weeks. On September 13, A Hat in Time wi...

Re-releases of retro games can be super finicky, especially depending on the platform and who is handling them. Technology that existed back then (think CRT monitors, legacy graphics processors like the Super FX chip) might not run as smoot...

Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish sure can pick 'em. The company's latest selection is Inmost, a story-driven puzzle-platformer from Hidden Layer Games that looks astounding in motion. I'm getting a nice Another World vibe from the way ...

Despite what the name says, cells are actually the lifeblood of Dead Cells. They're the only way to permanently upgrade your character -- little by little, and level by level. Escaping each stage comes with a few different waves of relief: ...

Team Cherry is gearing up to close the book on Hollow Knight with a free DLC: and that's still happening, just slightly differently. The developer notes that the name has changed to something "100 times cooler," mainly due to avoid conflict...

When the $20-per-year Nintendo Switch Online service launches in the second half of September, subscribers will be able to play classic NES games like Super Mario Bros. 3 with added online play. If you were curious about what that might loo...

This August is a real treat for metroidvania fans. We already have a handful of great new releases like Dead Cells, Hollow Knight's next expansion is on the horizon, and Guacamelee 2 is just around the corner. It’s always a thril...

I've been playing Dead Cells in early access for over a year now, but I never want to get too far if you know what I mean. I have a weird relationship with early access games in that unless I'm covering them professionally, I pref...

Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that a double-pack of classic Scribblenauts titles is to be released next month for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The Scribblenauts Mega Pack will contain Scribblenauts Unlimited and its DC Comics...

StudioMDHR just recently announced that Cuphead has gone triple platinum. Three million sales is no easy feat, but nothing about Cuphead is ever easy. It's always earned, and oh boy -- StudioMDHR sure earned those sales. Earlier ...

A heap of folks got to try Mega Man 11 at E3, but now the world at large will be able to download it if this report is correct. True Achievements is stating that a demo for Mega Man 11 will go live on September 4 on Xbox One. It'll involve ...

We weren't sure what to make of The Missing, an upcoming action-adventure game from Swery's studio White Owls and publisher Arc System Works, but now it's starting to materialize. Key word: starting. A new teaser website has surfaced with t...

Death can come at any time in Dead Cells, especially early on. A superb run can be derailed by something as simple as a feisty elite enemy that you probably shouldn't have engaged. Experience and familiarity are crucial parts of the learnin...

THQ Nordic is throwing money at quite a few projects as of late, and odds are there's something someone will like in the mix. This 3D platformer from developer Uprising Studios called Scarf is my aesthetic. In what essentially amounts to a ...