Although it wasn't on everyone's radar, Lore Finder was funded on Kickstarter last year with the intention to release on PC. As of this week, announced at Bitsummit, it has expanded operations to the PS4 and Switch platforms, and picke...

Chucklefish is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Not only have they built up a formidable publishing arm by handling several Stardew Valley ports, but they've also created a nice little development house, pushing out beloved games ...

It seems to have taken us a long time to get to this point. But after a lengthy development process that included crowdfunding campaigns, delays, demos, and a lot of promises, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally been made availabl...

I'd be wary of a stranger offering free guac, but free Guacamelee? Now we're talking. DrinkBox's luchador-infused metroidvania deserves to be played, and you deserve to spoil yourself sometimes. Over the next three days, while supplies las...

Worship the contest gods and win a Steam copy of Dark Devotion! We've covered this one a few times in the past, so I'm happy to be able to get you guys a chance to win it. Check out Jordan's preview of Dark Devotion, a 2D action/RPG with we...

When Peter and I stopped by the 505 Games booth at PAX, I was admittedly a little bit jealous of him. While he was checking out Bloodstained, I'd be sitting on the other end of the booth seeing Indivisible, a game I knew very little ab...

It's hard to believe that the metroidvania genre nearly died a decade ago. With Konami and Nintendo basically moving on from the likes of Castlevania and Metroid, it fell on indie developers to continue the legacies that those series starte...

Indie kids TurtleBlaze and publisher The Arcade Crew have revealed a new cutesy platformer, currently in development for PC and Nintendo Switch. Kunai is a new metroidvania title starring an ever-evolving robot on a quest for identity.It's ...

Hollow Knight is a masterpiece. This isn't really a new or interesting opinion. People have been shouting it from the rooftops ever since it released two years ago. Soon, Hollow Knight will have space on shelves at home. Developer...

As part of their recent wave of PlayStation China Hero Project titles, Sony has revealed a new metroidvania title coming to PS4. F.I.S.T. - which has nothing to do with the 1978 Sylvester Stallone union movie - is actually about a pretty st...

Prove size matters in today's contest for a Steam copy of Tiny Dangerous Dungeons. Wes Tacos took the day off, so I'm filling in for him. I'm his cousin, Les Nachos. Nice to meet you. I don't make any jokes or anything like he does, so you'...

Enter today's contest for a chance to win a Steam copy of Dead Cells. Who here likes roguelikes? What about highly-reviewed roguelikes? If something impresses Chris Carter, then I'd say it's a pretty solid bet. Check out Chris' review for D...

This morning, we were expecting to hear news from Team Cherry about a new update, headed to their acclaimed indie platformer Hollow Knight. However, big surprise, it turns out the next project out of the studio isn't just an update, but a f...

Team Cherry are currently in the midst of preparing new content for disquieting indie darling Hollow Knight. This Thursday, the team will show off the upcoming DLC in action, giving us a look at the playable debut of one of Hollow Knight's ...

Axiom Verge is currently free over on Epic Games' storefront and fans were overjoyed. Not only could they get a digital copy for free, but more players would be exposed to the game and discovering its hidden treasures. Sadly, the launch was...

It's crazy to think that before Dead Cells, the France-based studio Motion Twin mostly dealt in free-to-play games with hefty microtransactions. Now they have those little F2P nest eggs on top of a wildly successful (both critically and com...

Come January 18, Guacamelee 2 will have conquered every platform it could reasonably grapple with. It launched on PS4 and PC in August before swinging over to Switch in December. Now, it's coming to Microsoft's ecosystem. Drinkbox Stu...

Throw up your horns and enter our contest to win a Switch copy of Slain: Back from Hell. We're bringing in a new year, which means I want to bring in a new me. I've decided that I'm not going to give any more games away ever again. And just...

Pull that metal slug out of your abdomen and enter today's contest for a Switch copy of Omega Strike. As much as I love mascot platformers, quirky Japanese shit, and extreme sports games, I'd have to say that sidescrollers are my favorite t...

It's been a wonderful year for metroidvania fans, but one game I had particularly high expectations for was Guacamelee 2. It delivered. The story, the co-op brawling, the tricky but fair platforming challenges, the humor, the art direction ...

I doubt anyone is going to complain about the nominee list for The Game Awards' "Game of the Year" category this year. In a year packed with almost non-stop hit games, almost any month could have given us a game worthy of that coveted crown...

Over the past several years, I've become exponentially more prone to gushing over rad insect characters and rad fan art. Team Cherry's Hollow Knight supplied me with an entire nest of the former, and the (probably objective) fact that it's ...

Rogue Legacy, the addictive "rogue-lite" adventure from Canadian developer Cellar Door Games, is set to bring its loot, monsters and many, many gruesome demises to Nintendo Switch in November.Already available on multiple platforms, Rogue L...

You knew it wouldn't stay exclusive to one console forever! After successfully launching this summer on PlayStation 4 and PC, Drinkbox Studios has announced the acclaimed metroidvania Guacamelee! 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch this Dec...

We don't frequently highlight the game bundle service Humble Monthly, but on occasion the selections are too enticing to pass up. That's the case for November's bundle, which includes our metroidvania bestie Hollow Knight, the first season ...