Evil Empire, the developers behind the critically-acclaimed roguelike 2D action title Dead Cells, are hard at work on a new Ubisoft game. According to sources at Insider Gaming, the developer and Ubisoft are going to release the next Prince of Persia game later this year on Steam. The game is called The Rogue Prince

On the 26th of March, we were privileged enough to be invited for a special ID@Xbox Digital Session, previewing 4 new Indie games from across Asia. For those who don't know what ID@Xbox, here's the breakdown: the ID@Xbox is one of the Developer programs alongside the Creator Program created by Xbox to collaborate wi

The BINUS Game Development Club (BGDC) is a student organization at BINUS University in Indonesia that provides learning and activities for local students to develop games. Their main goal is to produce quality game developers by providing teaching, mentoring, and publishing their games while upholding family values

2D grapple-hook-focused Metroidvania Rusted Moss, which came out for PC last year, will be out for consoles and Nintendo Switch this June 2024 according to publisher Playism and developer trio faxdoc, happysquared, and sunnydazed. In Rusted Moss, players embark on a perilous journey across desolate landscapes, w

Need more Metroidvania-like action platformers with dark fantasy vibes? Saviorless might be that jam you need on your proverbial gaming bread. Saviorless is an upcoming 2D action platformer from developer Empty Head Games and publisher Dear Villagers. The game features beautiful hand-drawn art and animation, with tw

It's good to know that Ubisoft has a good thing going on with its new Prince of Persia game. The new Metroidvania title Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is getting post-game content, according to a new roadmap from publisher Ubisoft and developer Ubisoft Montpellier. Here's the list of content we're getting in the n

Studio Pixel Punk, the makers of the acclaimed-and-underrated 2D action Metroidvania title Unsighted, has announced a new 3D game in the works. The new Metroidvania/search action title is called Abyss X Zero and it's making its way onto PC (Steam) and other platforms. No release date has been announced yet, but the

Platforms: PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Platformer Paying Tribute To Castlevania   It seems these days that indie developers really go hard for 2D action platformers. If it's not a Metroidvania, it's a linear action game that emulates Konami's Castlevania series; th

Two upcoming Inti Creates games are now available in demo form via this week's Steam Next Fest. The first title is Gunvolt Records Cychronicle, which is a rhythm game using music and visuals from the Azure Gunvolt series. The game will be out on 15 February for PC and consoles. The second is Umbraclaw, a 2D Metroid

Aniplex Inc, a Japanese animation and games company, has announced that two games, Hookah Haze and Venture To The Vile, will be present at Taipei Games Show 2024. Hookah Haze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov_CzRuulos&ab_channel=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is out in Early Access right now, though if you rather wait it'll be out on 18th January. It's worth it if you love all things Metroidvania: the controls are spot-on, the main character Sargon is nimble and fights just like a 2D Capcom character action star, the levels are well-made and

Sea Of Stars developer Sabotage Studio said online on Twitter that it's working on DLC for its 2023 JRPG. The "mysterious and wacky" DLC is in active production, but beyond that, there isn't much news about it. Due to the game's link with Sabotage Studio's past 2D Metroidvania title The Messenger, there's a high cha

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Metroidvania title bearing the Prince of Persia name   A start of a new year means a slew of games suddenly being piled up in the first four months due to delayed game development and a worldwide pandemic screwing up e

2023 has come and gone; we've had a lot of fun with all the games during that time. Now it's time to look to the future. 2024 is already looking crazy with many releases somehow already piling up in January and February. However, let's also not forget the other titles coming out in the latter half. Here are the g

To say that 2023 is full of game releases is underselling the year. It's a helluva bounty. Because of game release reschedulings and other factors involving real-life quarantines, a lot of pushbacks had to happen and as a result, 2023 became "that" year where everyone just dogpiles their releases with little to no c

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch Genre: Metroidvania with Maple Story graphics & Devil May Cry action combo system 2023 already has its fair share of 2D Metroidvania/search action games: you get dumped on a giant map with interconnecting areas of various environments and settings, get powerup

Cuisineer is out for PC and is a lovely roguelike and Diner Dash tribute mashup courtesy of Singaporean devs Battlebrew Productions. Because of how tight-knit the game development scene is in Southeast Asia, you're going to see some cameos and homages to other SEA games. Cuisineer is no different, as the game has ca

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

Publisher Thunderful and developer Noname Studios have announced their highly anticipated 2D adventure platformer game Worldless is now available for pre-order for all platforms. To make things even more enticing, a special promotion will be given for early pre-orders. Players who pre-order the game between now and

Publisher and developer INTI CREATES of the highly anticipated 2D Metroidvania game, Yohane the Parhelion BLAZE In The DEEPBLUE, has some exciting news for fans. Pre-orders for the game on Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series are now available today, 2 November 2023. To make things even more enticing, INTI CREATES is off