Break The Game
Break the Game is kind of like someone mashed together The Stanley Parable with Thomas Was Alone and threw in a dash of Metroidvania, and that alone might sell you on it. Kevin is in a game.…
January 13, 2020 | 11:07 EST
Break the Game is kind of like someone mashed together The Stanley Parable with Thomas Was Alone and threw in a dash of Metroidvania, and that alone might sell you on it. Kevin is in a game.…
January 13, 2020 | 11:07 EST
I've been playing video games for the better part of 30 years and it's safe to say that I have a broad range of experiences in the medium. When I heard about a game that a bit of The Stanley Parable …
December 24, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is the follow up to the highly appraised Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s a Metroidvania with a gorgeous visual aesthetic and a focus on storytelling through your…
December 13, 2019 | 12:23 EST
At long last, the seriously good looking Ori and the Will of the Wisps is coming to Xbox One, Steam, and Game Pass on March 11, 2020. A new trailer (which you can watch below) dropped at this year's…
December 12, 2019 | 10:27 EST
Motion Twin and Evil Empire announced the first paid content DLC for action roguelike Dead Cells today, set to come early next year. Titled "The Bad Seed," the expansion will add new biomes, monsters…
December 5, 2019 | 10:30 EST
I think it's fair to say that there are quite a few gamers who might consider some gaming companies out there a little bit... evil. Still, they're usually "load up a game with microtransactions" evil…
December 22, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Looking at A Knight's Quest, I felt a sense of immediate familiarity. As a guy who grew up playing the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I was certain that I would find something to…
December 13, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Beraltors is a Metroidvania that also features creature collection mechanics, a strange art style, and even stranger writing. Your dad is missing and it's up to you to find him! Unfortunately, you're…
September 5, 2020 | 09:59 EDT
Beraltors is a game that's a little difficult to describe at first, but I've settled on something that I feel makes sense: it's a Metroidvania with a Pokemon-style creature collection mechanic made…
December 10, 2019 | 12:00 EST
The It Lurks Below Badlands Update is here and it brings with it a treasure trove of new content for players to enjoy! This Metroidvania from David Brevik's Graybeard Games — a man whose previous…
October 11, 2019 | 05:50 EDT
It Lurks Below is a Metroidvania that was created by David Brevik of Graybeard Games. The name might not seem familiar to you, but he was one of the co-founders of Blizzard North and has games like …
October 11, 2019 | 05:39 EDT
Embark on hilarious journey as Rusty, a would-be adventurer who accidentally begins the end of the world. An action-RPG on an epic scale, Rusty must solve puzzles, fight challenging enemies, and…
October 9, 2019 | 09:59 EDT
SuperEpic is a satirical Metroidvania adventure game about microtransactions and the video game industry. Regnantcorp is an Orwellian corporation that controls the populace by keeping them addicted…
October 3, 2019 | 04:59 EDT
Conga Master and Superola and the Lost Burgers developer Undercoders has announced a new game. SuperEpic is a satirical Metroidvania platformer coming to PC and consoles in December. In …
October 3, 2019 | 04:58 EDT
Outworlder is a game that you probably haven't heard of before, but you're sure to be aware of some of the previous games the developers worked on. Starbound. Rimworld. Some devs even have a dash of …
October 3, 2019 | 04:46 EDT
As a franchise, Dark Souls had a huge impact on the gaming industry, to the point that “souls-like” is now regarded as its own genre. As often happens in situations like these, many following games…
September 29, 2019 | 09:48 EDT
Blasphemous is a Metroidvania set in a world that faced a catastrophe called “The Grievous Miracle”, which caused human guilt to take physical form, often turning the creatures that inhabit the world…
September 29, 2019 | 09:25 EDT
Today, Sky-9 Games and Curve Digital announced A Knight's Quest, a Zelda-like Action-Adventure title which releases on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this Fall for…
September 10, 2019 | 05:20 EDT
Earlier this year, I took a quick look brief glance at an early build of Mable and The Wood, a new game from Andrew Stewart at Triplevision Games. I found the core mechanics of the game fascinating,…
August 23, 2019 | 04:01 EDT
Artplay and 505 Games are targeting mid-July for the upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Nintendo Switch fix. The game has run into its fair share of problems on Nintendo's console including…
July 5, 2019 | 09:40 EDT
As I was playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I found myself humming one of composer Michiru Yamane's songs. Yamane has a gift for music that's both catchy and atmospheric; she's soundtracked…
June 27, 2019 | 12:30 EDT
Artplay and 505 Games are aware of the performance issues Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is having on Nintendo Switch. The studios are working to fix the problem. In a series of posts on the…
June 26, 2019 | 10:20 EDT
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night players on PS4 and Xbox One have run into a pretty lethal bug. This bug blocks progress and forces players to restart the game. Patch 1.02 fixes it, but there's a…
June 20, 2019 | 10:20 EDT
The third game to be revealed at Microsoft's E3 conference is Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This sequel to the gorgeous 2015 platformer Ori and the Blind Forest, which won over 50 awards, is set to…
June 9, 2019 | 05:18 EDT
Earlier this month we shared the release date announced for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 18, with the Nintendo Switch release slated…
May 27, 2019 | 10:56 EDT
If you could put every indie game in a bag and pick one at random, you’ll probably grab a Metroidvania with pixelated graphics. For an indie Metroidvania to stand out, it needs to be memorable and…
May 24, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
Developer Motion Twin has just announced that their acclaimed Metroidvania platformer Dead Cells (Our Review) has sold two million copies since its final release in August last year. Additionally,…
May 23, 2019 | 12:51 EDT
Graffiti Games and Triplevision Games have announced that Mable & The Wood will release on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam this summer. Players will explore a dying fantasy world in which…
May 16, 2019 | 10:29 EDT
Dead Cells was released on August 7 last year for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. That was already six platforms in a single release. Now the developer…
May 7, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
The Kickstarter campaign for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was funded in June 2015, achieving the impressive sum of $5.5 million in crowdfunding pledges. Additional crowdfunding lasted until May…
May 2, 2019 | 11:15 EDT
Team Cherry, the developers of 2017's critically acclaimed action-platformer Hollow Knight, has announced their next game. Hollow Knight: Silksong is a full-blown sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong wasn…
February 14, 2019 | 12:20 EST
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has gotten its ESRB rating. This game is essentially a spiritual successor to the beloved Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and fans are understandably excited…
February 4, 2019 | 10:00 EST
Hollow Knight is a metroidvania with challenging combat, interesting boss battles, and a story that sees you venture an insect kingdom as a knight to delve into ancient mysteries. From the Steam…
January 13, 2019 | 09:47 EST
A roguelite, metroidvania mashup, Dead Cells is the latest from Motion Twin. You'll die a lot. You'll kill a lot. You'll learn a lot. From the Steam store description: Roguelite? Metroidvania?…
January 13, 2019 | 09:07 EST
Unfortunate news for gamers on less-popular operating systems: Bloodstained Linux and Mac versions have been canceled. Unfortunately, it seems that developing the game on these operating systems was…
December 28, 2018 | 10:00 EST
2D indie sci-fi game Orphan is set to release on PC on October 31st. Originally crowdfunded by a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, Orphan tells the story of a young boy who may (or may not) be the…
October 24, 2018 | 09:57 EDT
Originally Kickstarted in 2015 Orphan is a 2D sci-fi Metroidvania title developed by Brandon Goins as a one-man team. The game tells the story of a boy who seems to be the sole survivor after his…
October 24, 2018 | 09:56 EDT
As announced at PAX West 2018, Nigoro and Playism will be bringing La-Mulana 2 to Xbox One, PS4 and Switch sometime in "Spring 2019." The information was corroborated by a Steam announcement. The…
September 3, 2018 | 11:57 EDT
La-Mulana 2 is, shockingly, the sequel to the acclaimed title La-Mulana that was crowdfunded in 2014. Since La-Mulana was remade for Wii Ware and PC in 2011 (2013 release on Steam), many folks…
September 3, 2018 | 11:56 EDT
Great news for console owners as Team Cherry and Skybound Games announce that their acclaimed metroidvania Hollow Knight will get a physical and digital release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in…
August 21, 2018 | 10:30 EDT
In a monthly update posted to Kickstarter, director Koji Igarashi announced that not only will Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night be delayed, but the Vita version had been canceled. After publishing…
August 20, 2018 | 06:38 EDT
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a title that was Kickstarted originally in 2015 is a new game from developers Inti Creates, including Koji Igarashi one of the original producers on the…
August 20, 2018 | 06:38 EDT
A clump of undetermined green mass drops from the ceiling. It merges with a headless body lying on the ground, after which a lady in armor tells you that you can't die and that things have gone quite…
August 6, 2018 | 05:57 EDT
2D hack-and-slash platformer Salt and Sanctuary is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 2nd. The game, which is currently available on PS4, PC and PS Vita, will be released for Nintendo's hybrid…
July 28, 2018 | 10:36 EDT
The pinball adventure is a small but enticing category of games. Every time something like Mario Pinball Land or Rollers of the Realm comes out, I want to like it. I give myself over and wait to be…
July 5, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Three Nindies announcements were dropped at the Nintendo Direct for E3 2018: Overcooked 2, Killer Queen Black, and Hollow Knight. All three of these titles will be coming to the Nintendo Switch.…
June 12, 2018 | 01:18 EDT
Microsoft revealed Ori and the Will of the Wisps with a full-length trailer during their E3 2018 press conference on Sunday. The trailer concluded with a 2019 release window for the game. Check out…
June 10, 2018 | 05:15 EDT
If you're keen on getting in on the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night crowdfunding campaign, you have a bit over two weeks before it's closed for good according to a backer update posted on the game'…
April 29, 2018 | 03:49 EDT