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

Sega made a splash this early December with a slew of announcements involving the revival of its old franchises. The games company plans to go back to the late 90s and Dreamcast era where they went full ham with their video games and how creative they get; after all, they have the financial capacity to take more risks

PlayStation Asia has announced even more titles joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. December’s lineup is playable from Tuesday, 19 December 2023, headlined by GTA V, letting even more players travel to Los Santos to experience the exhilarating single-player story campaign, then craft their own career on the ci

SEGA has announced Sonic Dream Team, a 3D action platformer coming to Apple Arcade on 5 December 2023. Apple Arcade is available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, and Apple TV. In this all-new Sonic adventure, the evil Dr. Eggman has discovered The Reverie, an ancient device with the power to manifest dreams in the

16 September marks the arrival of Malaysia Day when our beloved country celebrates its formation on that date back in 1963. Malaysia has gone a long way since then, and our games industry has grown by leaps and bounds. We're proud of our fellow Malaysians and our growing games industry, so here are some Malaysia Day

Calling all gamers in Malaysia, what better way to celebrate Malaysia Day 2023 than with the best local Malaysian games? That's what you can do tomorrow by watching the first-ever Malaysia Direct live stream on YouTube at 11am GMT+8 on Saturday, 16 September 2023. The presentation will showcase 11 Malaysian developers

2D action platformer fans, rejoice! The Mega Man roguelite action title 30XX is getting out of Early Access in a few months. 30XX will be out for PC and Nintendo Switch this 9th August. The sidescrolling platformer features the aforementioned roguelite mode complete with random levels and permadeath, along with loca

Platform(s): PC (version played), Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Genre: 2D action platformer with time-rewind mechanics The rewinding mechanic in games -where you manually go back a few seconds of a playthrough in-game so you can do over a segment you messed up, or want to perf

Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is the latest from developer Inti Creates, and the game features on-the-fly protagonist switching - a multitude of weapons to unlock, and enemies that you can take out in a blaze of gory - err, glory. Inti Creates Knows Their Stuff Inti Creates is no stranger to the 2D action platforme

Several months after Dunkey originally announced his indie publishing company, Bigmode, they have revealed their first game, Animal Well. It's a Metroidvania puzzle action platformer game with horror elements and a solo project from developer Billy Basso (under the dev name Shared Memory), who has worked on the game fo

Here's one of our guest posts for the end of 2022 from our lovely pals and industry friends. Go check out Arief's work at Twitch.tv.  To say that 2022 has been an eventful year in the Southeast Asian games industry is a deep understatement. This year we’ve seen everything from the return of major in-person trade

For the rest of the list, head here. For #19, head here. #18. SOULDIERS (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) Being just released this June 2022, Souldiers, a 2D Metroidvania with elements of Dark Souls done right, beating its contemporaries in many aspects; gorgeous gra

Publisher Yacht Club Games and developer Nitrome will continue the legacy of its 2D mascot Shovel Knight with its new game, Shovel Knight Dig. Shovel Knight Dig is a 2D action platformer where you dig your way downwards to treasure and fight off Drill Knight and his goons. Unlike the first Shovel Knight, this game i

Ember Lab's awesome 3D action platformer title Kena: Bridge of Spirits will be out on Steam later this year. The game will be making its PC Steam debut after a year of exclusivity on Epic Games Store and on PlayStation consoles, since it came out on 21st September. Furthermore, the game will have a pretty significan

With the work it has done for the Bloodstained 2D pixel side games, Inti Creates would be a shoe-in to make a full-fledged 2D action game in the veins of the Castlevania series. Wouldn't you know it, that's what it's working on right now. The company that made the Mega Man Zero and Azure Striker Gunvolt series (and

Anime Expo 2022 did not just feature a really, REALLY packed venue, but also some lovely anime figurine announcements. Chief of them being Good Smile Company's latest news in its Nendoroid toy line. The company will be releasing a Nendoroid of Jill Stingray, the awesome bartender protagonist from cult visual novel V

Since its Kickstarter years ago, the throwback RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has been generating quite a buzz among retro RPG fans from the 90s since it's basically the revival of the Suikoden franchise, in all but name & licensing. Of course, to start the journey proper, one needs an introductory game o

Every day from late December to mid-January 2022, we'll be revealing bits and pieces of our top 30 games of 2021. Here's number 15.  #15: Cyber Shadow Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch An early GOTY 2021 title for the year, Cyber Shadow combines slick 2D pixel artwork with riveting 2D action gam

Every day from December to January, we'll be posting our top 30 games of 2021 daily. Here's number 18. #18: Solar Ash Platforms: PS4, PS5, PC Indie games usually don't have photorealistic graphics, but games like Solar Ash prove that it doesn't need all that. Solar Ash's visuals and fast-paced gameplay make

From late December to January, we'll be listing our favourite games of 2021 daily. Here's number 27.  #27. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart The Ratchet & Clank games have been reliable 3D action platformer fallbacks since the PS2 days. As such, they're considered comfort food: nothing original, but still a