The masterful metroidvania game Ori and the Blind Forest will be on Nintendo Switch before we know it. In the last week before launch, Moon Studios has put out a substantial Switch demo. It's a chance to see how well the port runs – i...

It's hard to believe that Shantae and the Seven Sirens is just...out on the Apple Arcade (kind of)! I mean Shantae games are an event at this point following the incredible second showing of Risky's Revenge. From Ga...

AkSys Games has announced a release date for Ghost Parade, a spooky-cute metroidvania adventure from Indonesian studio Lentara. Fittingly, this tale of a haunted woodland will arrive on PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch on October 31, Halloween.G...

At long last, The Floor is Lava: The Video Game is almost here. Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment is putting the final touches on Hot Lava, a first-person parkour game that we first started following back in 2016. It looked neat the...

French developer Microids has announced that Delphine Software's classic platform adventure titles Another World and Flashback will be bundled together in a double pack for release on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.First released in 1991...

Super Meat Boy Forever feels like it's taking, well, forever. Originally set for April, Team Meat had to delay and set a new imprecise launch date of "After but not too far after April 2019." Now five months later, the clock keeps tick...

Celeste originally released in January of 2018 to almost resounding critical praise, and today, its final batch of DLC is dropping in the form of Chapter 9. I’ve always considered myself pretty decent at twitch platformers, but these ...

The Bloodstained team (which is actually now a conglomerate of multiple entities) provided an update on the fabled "big Switch bug fix patch" just recently, and in case you were expecting it soon, you're going to be disappointed. The l...

Today's contest features a Switch copy of Heave Ho -- you're gonna hate your friends. We keep giving away Devolver Digital games because they keep making games that look awesome as hell. I'd feel bad about it, but I don't. Step up your game...

TRU FUN Entertainment is partnering up with Can Do MS to raise money for charity. Throughout September, all sales of Super Rad Raygun on itch.io will see proceeds go towards Can Do MS. Founded in 1984, the foundation funds research for cure...

[Update: Publisher Team17 has confirmed the release date for all platforms with a launch trailer. Impossible Lair will launch for £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 with physical editions available on consoles. You can check out the traile...

You might not know the name "Bombservice," but you probably know about Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight if you follow Metroidvanias in any fashion. Reverie was a fantastic 2016 release that really put the studio on the map, far be...

When I was first sold on Trine, all I needed to hear is that it was vaguely similar to The Lost Vikings. I sought it out that very day. Over time, the magic of Trine kind of waned a bit, and the dream almost came crashing down entirely...

It doesn't get much better than Celeste and Inside, and this week, you don't have to pick between these two cherished titles. They're both free on PC through the Epic Games Store until September 5. Celeste isn't just a pixel-perfect platfor...

We've been optimistic about Blasphemous for what feels like years now, and with the end in sight, developer The Game Kitchen has seen fit to release a half-hour-ish PC demo for its bleak, religious action-platformer title. The first thing I...

Today during the Yacht Club Games presentation, the studio announced a new game in the Shovel Knight franchise (read: not an expansion for the original), Shovel Knight Dig. The game looks to be a sort of mix between classic p...

During today's special Shovel Knight presentation (which is basically a Nintendo Direct), Yacht Club Games had a lot of news to announce, and most of it pertains to the new gargantuan Shovel Knight package that includes the base g...

If you're patient (and you have a good co-op buddy), Human: Fall Flat is the gift that keeps on giving. Developer No Brakes added another free level to the manic physics platformer this week. The level, Steam, is a short but sweet series of...

Activision has announced that the pretty dang good Spyro Reignited Trilogy will finally see the light of day on Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam) on September 3, following its release in late 2018 on PS4 and Xbox One.Reignited Trilogy feat...

At the start of August, we reported on Krome Studios' efforts to port 2002 platform adventure TY the Tasmanian Tiger to Nintendo Switch. A little over halfway into its Kickstarter campaign, the studio has succeeded in securing its $50,000 t...

During yesterday's Gamescom Together live stream, publisher THQ Nordic showed off some gameplay footage from their upcoming remake SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated, which is headed to PC and consoles at some poin...

During today's Gamescom Indie World Showcase, Nintendo had a "one more thing" to show us, and it was a doozy. Ori and the Blind Forest, under the Definitive Edition banner, is headed to Switch on September 27. For those of you who aren't aw...

This year hasn't exactly been the best on the books for mobile gaming. Many of the biggest titles have so far failed to meet expectations and much of what is on the horizon isn't exactly painting a glowing picture of mobile's future. Howeve...

From today, the midpoint of August, it's exactly 2.5 months until the end of October. By then, we'll have our hands on a new 2.5D mascot platformer that has a popular name attached to it. Playtonic Games has revealed that Yooka-Laylee and ...

A Hat in Time for Nintendo Switch has shifted from an eternal "coming soon" window to a real release date: October 18, 2019. It's been a long journey to get to this point, but it should be worth the wait. The Switch version of A Hat in Time...