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A big digital Ubisoft games showcase is happening, with one of the 20 games being a 2D platformer inspired by hit title Ori and the Will of the Wisps/Blind Forest. According to Xfire reporter Tom Henderson, Ubisoft is reportedly working on an unannounced Prince of Persia title inspired by the 2.5D platformer Ori games. Ubisoft Montpellier is wor...
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 of sorts using bits and pieces ...
Need a high octane platformer where you play a firefighter in 2D form? Look no further than Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue. Firegirl is published by Thunderful Publishing and Dejima, and features 2D platforming with axes and firehoses that double as jetpacks, as well as roguelite elements. You'll be rescuing folks and putting out fires in b...
The Metroidvanias/search action game onslaught continues past 2022. Developer Aurogon Shanghai has announced a new hand-drawn 2D search action title called Afterimage. It's slated for the PS5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) for late 2022. Here's an overview of the game (via the Steam page): Key Features ...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 Genre: Music rhythm platform game from the Bit.trip makers The League of Legends spin-off November onslaught is capped off with this quirky music game title Hextech Mayhem. In this 2D platformer with music rhythm Simon Says-ish gameplay, you play as explosive personality Ziggs as ...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Game Set In 20th Century Taiwan It's not every day you see a game using Taiwan-Japanese occupation history as a backdrop for an action game, yet here we are. Indie studio Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation and publisher Neon Doctrine took a chance in setting its 2D tit...
Platform(s): Xbox Series (version played), Xbox One, PC Genre: 2D platformer featuring music and cosmic escapades One minute you're worried about how your folk song debut in your hometown will turn out as you try to step out of your famous country music-singing uncle's shadow. The next, you end up whisked away by some interstellar rock group le...
In a long line of developers announcing that they're doing their best in not overworking their employees when making hit games and large triple-A titles, Double Fine is next to make that known. Double Fine senior producer Kevin Johnson tweeted earlier that the upcoming Psychonauts 2 was made with "no crunch". Everyone in the team is working on a...
Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D action platformer game featuring Taiwan Robin Hood Feel the need to liberate early 20th century Taiwan from the cruel Japanese occupation, but in a bright and comic colour-filled 2D action platformer game with slick controls and Devil May Cry-like combat? Then you may want to check out The Legend of TianD...
When's the last time you played a comic book-stylized action game set in 1920s Taiwan during the country's Japanese rule? Never? Exactly! Which is why it's great to see a game like The Legend of Tianding taking place in this not-quite-spoken-of time in history, albeit in a 2D action platformer context. Publisher Neo Doctrine and developer CGCG j...
2021 is the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise's 30th anniversary, and it looks like we might be getting something special from Sega this year. French site Sogamely has leaked a mysterious Sonic Collection for PS4. What makes this source more believable is that it's the very same company that leaked the Sonic Colors remaster several weeks ago. Howe...
Platform: Xbox One/Series, PS4/PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Game With Tron's Plotline The best kinds of stories do not have to be original written works. Otherwise, nothing will get done. Narita Boy's "stranger in a strange-yet-familiar land" isekai tale is a familiar story if you've seen films like Tron, even right up to the digit...
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Platformer From The 80s, With 2021 Sensibilities When you boot up Cyber Shadow, its presentation is sleek yet on a vintage level. This is a throwback when games were short but really punishing. A 2D action platformer that separated the chaff from the wheat. A first...
After showing off a bit of gameplay during a Steam sale event last year, developer Battery Staple Games is going all out with its 2D platforming roguelike 30XX this year. 30XX, which is basically the developer's love letter to the Mega Man and Mega Man X series, is coming to early access on Steam (PC) this 17th February. This version of the game...
For the rest of the best in 2020, head here. #3: Spiritfarer We're not sure who asked for a Metroidvania-slash-house-ferry-simulation combo that deals with dying and death, but in a whimsical, relaxing, and uplifting way. But I'm glad Spiritfarer exists. It's really hard to list a game these days that conveys its key message about saying g...
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Platformer Puzzle Do not let Drawn To Life: Two Realms' cutesy art style and saccharine music fool you. It is an insidious and devilish affair meant to lull you into a false sense of security. You're better off playing CD Projekt's upcoming RPG if you want a more mainstream and friendlier title, despite ...
The devs from Edelweiss & publisher Marvelous are doing a bang-up job with their 2D platformer-slash-farming-simulation fantasy title Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. The PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch title has garnered a total worldwide sales figure of 500,000 units, both digital and physical. The fact that it cracked the top 10 on Steam this Novem...
505 Games and indie studio have teamed up to bring back the Drawn To Life series after 11 years of hiatus and Scribblenauts nonsense that spawned from it. And so far, the latest sequel that's a long time coming, subtitled Two Realms, is basically retaining its charm while maintaining its build-a-hero concept. The gist is this: you play a chosen ...
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Genre: 2D Action Game With Metroidvania & Diablo Hooks Remember 2018's Metroidvania Dark Souls wombo combo Dead Cells? Yes, that was an incredibly challenging but fun 2D action title that's sure to influence many indie game designers to come. One can assume that Big Blue Bubble's latest effort Forego...
Earthworm Jim, a classic 90s 2D action platformer, is finally getting a sequel in a form of a 2020/2021-made action game called Earthworm Jim 4. The problem? It's made exclusive to the Intellivision Amico, an upcoming new console that hasn't proven itself to be much of anything just yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBiJOfhPCy4 What's the Int...
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