During The Game Awards' Opening Act, the 30-minute pre-show before the show-show begins, developer Day 4 Night unveiled a quirky little trailer for a super-nostalgic 3D platformer with a cute little ...

Hellreaper is a new roguelike action platformer from developer Awesome Games Studio. In it, you play a former angel who is now the Hellreaper, aka a "mystical executioner sent to cull Hell's endless ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

MapleStory is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG developed by Nexon. It launched in 2003, and there’s still no game quite like it today. What makes it unique is its expansive class system, ...

Kingdom Hearts sickos (me included) are currently experiencing the worst news draught in series history as we haven't really gotten an update about Kingdom Hearts 4 for over 1,000 days. So let me ...

A side-scrolling platformer game using the Unity game development engine. This project focuses on developing a complete 2D game with engaging gameplay mechanics, character controls, level design, and ...

Monica is a writer, artist, musician, and indie game developer, loving all things related to video games. She’s a woman with a bit of adoration for every game genre. From her first experience with ...

Selfishly, I want more triple-A-backed 3D platformers. We're not left wanting in the indie scene - A Hat in Time, New Super Lucky's Tale, and the upcoming Rollin' Rascal are all truly brilliant - but ...

There's a misplaced perception that 'artsy' games are disingenuous: a psychological manipulation of color, sound, and motif engineered to make players feel something. Some are undoubtedly too ...