2D platformer Archives

Wage war with the archangels in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

February 25th, 2021

Developed by the hugely-talented, Tokyo-based team headed by the legendary Sawaki Takeyasu (“Devil May Cry”, “Steel Battalion”, “Okami”, “Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse”, “Infinite Space”, ”God Wars”, “...

Get-A-Grip Chip hooks itself a release date

Graham Day

February 12th, 2021

News, Nintendo Switch, PC

Get-A-Grip Chip, the charming and satisfyingly challenging grappling hook 2D platformer from Redstart Interactive, propels past pitfalls and pointy perils to land on Nintendo Switch Thursday, March 25th with ne...

3.2

YesterMorrow – Quirky and Colourful but Stuck in the Past

Sean Quigley

November 20th, 2020

Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS4, Review, Steam, Xbox One

YesterMorrow is a stylish 2-D platformer with light puzzles developed by Blowfish Studios. You play as Yui, a young girl tasked with saving the future from corrupting shadows and their apocalyptic takeover of t...

4.5

A Review in Progress: Hollow Knight

Katie Gardner

July 2nd, 2018

Nintendo Switch, PC, Review, Steam

Do you want to play Adorable Dark Souls? Because Hollow Knight is Adorable Dark Souls. Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania game set in a grim underworld filled with bug-like inhabitants. It was developed by Team C...

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Vokabulantis Meets Crowd Funding Goal

Meridiem Games and Raiser Games announce new partnership

The Last Night, If I could only have you for one night

The Witcher welcomes many new characters to The Continent

Multiplayer Mayhem: Watch Dogs: Legion Co-Op

Guilty Gear -Strive- Open Beta, a whole load of fighting going on

The Medium: When horror gets too horrific

The Mortal Kombat Trailer is here!

The job you don’t want to take: The despicable Dragoon of Final Fantasy XIV

A Review in Progress: Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster

Overcooked: All You Can Eat – Sweet and Savoury

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, it’s been a long road

“The Uncertain: Light at the End” has Uncertain Prospects

Orwell’s Animal Farm – Cock of the walk or lame duck?

SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium, or is it?

Nioh 2 The Complete Edition – Samurai Souls-Like

Wage war with the archangels in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Get-A-Grip Chip hooks itself a release date

YesterMorrow – Quirky and Colourful but Stuck in the Past

A Review in Progress: Hollow Knight

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