Apogee Entertainment and Matte Black Studio have announced that David Wise, the veteran composer best known for Donkey Kong Country, will collaborate with their upcoming 2D Metroidvania, LUCID. Described as "Celestoidvania," LUCID lets players venture through enchanting landscapes, including shimmering caverns,

Inti Creates announced its upcoming 2D game featuring Love Live! Sunshine!! fantasy spin-off(?) title Yohane the Parhelion will have a demo out during this month's Steam Next Fest. Starting on 9th October (today), the demo for Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue will be available, featuring early areas of th

Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Dark Souls Metroidvania Action Platformer If you're looking for a challenge this month from an indie developer, look no further than Glass Heart Games' Vigil: The Longest Night. This 2D action game wears its inspirational sleeves proud - that of From Software's hardcore actio

Kwalee and Swedish indie developer PowerSnake have announced a publishing agreement for Voidwrought. Set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors, Voidwrought lets players take control of the newly-born Simulacrum and delve into the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation to strike down the primaeval gods that dwell

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D search action game featuring Love Live idols as fantasy world characters I'm not sure who thought making a 2D search action game on a fantasy anime spin-off of a J-pop idol schoolgirl anime series is a good idea, seeing as the idea is pretty niche from t

The recent Nintendo Indie World Showcase has revealed Playism and Team Ladybug's latest pixel art-heavy action game: Blade Chimera. Blade Chimera is set in a futuristic world where you play a white-haired warrior with a sword that can restore the past and alter environments. Oh, and also to kill giant monsters and d

Lunar Ray Games has announced a sequel to its 2018 indie title Timespinner. It's called Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream and is slated for PC and consoles. No release date has been announced yet, but we have this spiffy trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFs4JRB-FC0 The game centers on retired warrior Auria

Chinese developer 91Act has announced that their action roguelike titled BlazBlue: Entropy Effect is now available on PC via Steam Early Access. Yes, the same BlazBlue that was a 2D fighting game from Arc System Works before Guilty Gear got back into the fray. Among the features of the Early Access release are four

During PC Gaming Show 2023, Orbit Studio and Play On Worlds announced Ebenezer And The Invisible World. Ebenezer And The Invisible World Embark is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with breathtaking hand-drawn art, playing as miser-turned-hero Ebenezer Scrooge in a reimagined Victorian-fantasy based on Charles Dickens’

Here's another type of game style you haven't heard of: stop-motion animated feudal setting samurai 2D search action game. That's right: publisher Kwalee has announced the Digital Mind-developed Metroidvania game The Spirit of the Samurai. The game will be out for PC, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. No release da

Pocket Pair, the developer behind the upcoming Pokemon-with-guns game Palworld, already has a new game in the works. It's an upcoming 2D search action Metroidvania title named Never Grave; The Witch and The Curse, and it features roguelite elements and a titular witch. The game also has a possession system that give

The Penitent One is back for another dark and gothic blood-soaked adventure. Blasphemous 2 was recently teased during a Nintendo Indie Direct April 2023 showcase, featuring developer The Game Kitchen. The title will be published by Team17 and will be out on Summer 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Add another indie game in the mix for 2023. Vernal Edge is a 2D pixel art search action game with a fast-paced slant to it. Vernal Edge is published by PID Games and developed by Hello Penguin Games; the game is slated for a 14 March release date for PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, and Xbox One. So fa

Platform: PC Genre: Metroidvania with 2D pixel art Imagine a post-apocalyptic search action game with Celeste-style platforming. That's Kandria, an indie passion project made by just less than 5 people who make up Shirakumo Games. And based on how it moves, sounds, and plays, it certainly shows that its makers real

Last year's Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth won critics over with its lovely 2D art style and search action Metroidvania style gameplay. It was a tad short, but it was still highly entertaining, at least in my perspective. So it's great to know that its developer, Team Ladybug, has announced a new

While the massive throwback RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will not be out so soon, fans and 2D action aficionados can instead turn their attention towards the upcoming spin-off instead to whet their tastebuds: Eiyuden Chronicle Rising. The game pits you as treasure hunter CJ as she teams up with giant sword-

Platform(s): PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: Metroidvania, Indie, Retro Cathedral is Swedish developer named Eric Lavesson and Decemberborn Interactive's own take on the retro 8-bit Metroidvania (or Search Action) genre of games from yesteryear. What can you expect from this title? Something solid, but standar

Platform: PC Genre: Metroidvania action-adventure with a tinge of Dark Souls Just when you thought games couldn't get any more creative and weird at the same time, along comes an oddity like Grime. The game starts with you literally being born into an alien world where everything is a mesh between stones, rocks,

Platform: PC Genre: 2D action-adventure with anime art Who doesn't love a good 2D hack-and-slash platformer, especially one with nice animation and graphics that feel like they're out of a Production IG animation cel? Lost Epic, a 2D action game with RPG elements from developer oneoreight and Team Earthwars, seems

Rooster Teeth and WayForward are teaming up to develop a video game adaptation of the Western-made "anime" series RWBY. The game is called RWBY: Arrowfell and will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2022. Published by Arc System Works, the title pits you as one of the four huntres