Tag: Platformer

Xbox Achievements are getting some major changes, including the option to hide embarrassing games that you don’t want to show off

Xbox Achievements are getting…

Xbox is making some major changes to its Achievements, for Xbox Insiders to test out ahead of a wider…
Split Fiction developer Hazelight celebrates 50 million games sales, but it’s not its newest game that dominates the pie chart

Split Fiction developer Hazelight…

Hazelight Studios – the developer behind local co-op delights A Way Out, It Takes Two, and Split Fiction –…
Previously unseen early Tomb Raider: Legend gameplay footage shows unseen areas and different visuals as the game turns 20 years old

Previously unseen early Tomb…

After years of relative silence, Tomb Raider‘s immediate future is looking busy with Legacy of Atlantis – a remake…
VG247’s The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep

VG247’s The Best Games…

I’ll come clean. I’m writing this well in advance of publication as I’m going on holiday. I usually spend…
Mirror’s Edge’s pre-release prototype is now playable, and features a brutal arm break and horrible opening monologue

Mirror’s Edge’s pre-release prototype…

A prototype for the original Mirror’s Edge is now playable, thanks to some hard work from series enthusiasts. In…
When I was eleven, Double Dragon was the only game in the world that mattered

When I was eleven,…

If there’s one thing I had to tell you about the expectations I held for adult life when I…
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a Soulslike that’s not afraid of difficulty settings

Flintlock: The Siege of…

Recently we’ve seen a flurry of announcements and releases for Soulslike games. From the recently released Thymesia and next…
Dream Cycle review – chaotic procgen spellcraft from one of Tomb Raider’s original creators

Dream Cycle review –…

Dream Cycle is the first game I’ve played that puts a fresh spin on Blink, Dishonored’s widely imitated short-range…
Shovel Knight Dig’s “ever-changing chasm of mystery” opens in September

Shovel Knight Dig’s “ever-changing…

Spade-wielding platform hero Shovel Knight will be embarking on a brand-new adventure on 23rd September, when Shovel Knight Dig…
Sonic Frontiers wrestles with taking the series’ essence to the Open Zone

Sonic Frontiers wrestles with…

Back in May of 2018, I remember briefly asking Junichi Masuda, then of Pokémon developer Game Freak (and now…