We all have our favorite Mario game. Maybe it's a classic entry you played during your childhood. Maybe it's a newer one that blew you away. Me? It's kind of a mix of both, as Super Mario World still rules the 2D roost as far as I...

30 hours into Spelunky 2, I've beaten the game exactly once – and come close countless other times. While much of that time was admittedly spent exploring potential branching routes and figuring out what's up with certain elusive NPCs...

It's been eight years since the non-freeware release of Spelunky, but those layouts are still fresh in my mind. This was the early days of the modern roguelike. The kinks were still being worked out by myriad developers, but Derek Yu had a ...

In this era of day one patches, one would expect some bigger Nintendo games to get huge, multi-GB updates to basically patch in the entire game twice over: but that's thankfully not the case for Super Mario 3D All-Stars, or a lot of first-p...

In today's contest you can win action platformer MO:Astray for Switch or Steam! Not gonna lie, when they sent me this trailer I was like, man there's a lot going on, here. But my man Ray told me it's really dope, so let's roll with it! We'v...

The fast-dashing cyber-ninja action game Ghostrunner is releasing on October 27 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store). It'll be a nice little cyberpunk taster before we feast in November. The launch price – ...

Tawna exists in Crash Bandicoot as a character that Crash 4 developer Toys for Bob isn't entirely comfortable with. She is Crash's girlfriend in the first game, and really only serves to fulfill a damsel-in-distress role. She's a...

Game Source Entertainment, a Hong Kong software distributor, briefly hosted a listing for a Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, supposedly coming to PS4 and Nintendo Switch platforms in 2021.While the listing was swiftly removed, fast-thinkers over on Re...

As announced during Limited Run's July live stream, the physical media manufacturer will offer a re-release of the very first titles in WayForward's adorable adventure series Shantae. Not only are the original 2002 release and its 2010 sequ...

Nintendo has clarified how the controls will work in Super Mario 3D All-Stars on Nintendo Switch, and while we don't have the full picture for every possible setup, it's nice to know that Pro Controllers are supported. After all, some of us...

The Steam release of Spelunky 2 has been upgraded from a vague but hopeful "shortly after PS4" to a locked and loaded September 29 launch. The extra time is needed to "iron out online multiplayer on PC." As a reminder, the PlayStation 4 ver...

Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) has released a lengthy gameplay trailer for its upcoming release Mad Rat Dead, the rhythm-action platformer headed to PS4 and Nintendo Switch next month.As a reminder, (just in case this is your first time seeing ...

In today's contest you can win a Switch copy of Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition from Super Rare Games! Y'all know my undying love for Super Rare Games and everything they put out, so I'm not going to sing their praises this time around. Let...

In today's contest you can win a creepy tale, in form of Creepy Tale, for Nintendo Switch! Welcome, September! Summer should be about winding down, giving us a much-needed reprieve from the heat and humidity. Shower us in your windy, leafy ...

Tate Multimedia has released the first images of its upcoming remake of '00s platformer Kao the Kangaroo. Alongside a series of environmental screens, we also get our first look at the hoppity hero himself, sporting a somewhat less cartoony...

Not only is ScourgeBringer leaving Steam Early Access on October 21, the roguelite action game's launch plan will also include same-day Nintendo Switch and Xbox One versions (and PC Game Pass support). "After 130 weeks of development, 30 w...

As part of this weekend's ongoing gamescom festivities, publisher ININ Games has released the first gameplay video of its upcoming retro remake Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World, a ground-up recreation of Sega Genesis classic Monster World ...

One of the greatest old-school shooters of all time is returning to thrill (and frustrate) brand new generations of players. As revealed during today's gamescom Opening Night Live presentation, Turrican Anthology is now in development at F...

Frontier Developments is getting into third-party game publishing, and one of its first titles, Struggling, is quite the departure. It's a gross-out platformer from Chasing Rat Games in which two players can take control of the same monstr...

With its origins in titles like Nom, Canabalt, and  Temple Run, the auto-runner is one of the most reliable genres you can find on mobile devices. They're one of my favorite time-wasters and frankly, auto-runners have got a lot better ...

In today's contest, you can win a physical Switch copy of Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD! Is your shelf looking a little bare? With so many things getting digital-only releases, it's harder to fill out that empty space. Good thing we snagged ...

The happy-go-lucky Wonder Boy games have long been a bright spot, and that sentiment unquestionably goes for the newer entries, too. If you played through Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap or Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, you probably lov...

Sega loves to bundle all their games together from time to time: bonus points of a bunch of Sonic titles are headlining it! While I miss the days of rampant economical collections (sometimes we still get them!), double-packs are alive ...

We've been spoiled by all of the great roguelike games over the past few years, but for some people's money, there's no topping Rogue Legacy, a platformer spanning generations of would-be heroes. Seven years later, Cellar Door Games is back...

The first season of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout will end in 45 days. What's next? Another one, of course. We'll get our first look at Fall Guys Season 2 on August 27 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. If that date sounds strangely familiar, that's jus...