Publisher NIS America has announced that it will bring Nippon Ichi Software’s 2D platforming adventure game GOBBLE to the West for PC and consoles. The game will launch in 2027. In Japan, it will be released on September 24. In Gobble, explore a hand-painted world full of life. But don’t stop to smell the roses! Your family is missing, and…
This is the first time I have played Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and I feel fortunate for that, as this has been an unmitigated delight to experience for the first time, especially now that it has the multiplayer stuff added into it. The result is a big package of Nintendo…
Super Mario Bros. launched in Japan on September 13, 1985, and it’s…
Remember the childhood game of trying to keep a balloon in the…
Publisher NIS America has announced that it will bring Nippon Ichi Software’s 2D platforming adventure game GOBBLE to the West for PC and consoles. The game will launch in 2027. In Japan, it will be released on September 24. In Gobble, explore a hand-painted world full of life. But don’t…
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This is the first time I have played Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and I feel fortunate for that, as this has been an unmitigated delight to experience for the first time, especially now that it has the multiplayer stuff added into it. The result is a big package of Nintendo…
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Super Mario Bros. launched in Japan on September 13, 1985, and it’s time to celebrate! Twenty minutes of today’s Nintendo Direct were dedicated to Mario and friends, with games releasing through (Japanese) spring 2026.…
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Remember the childhood game of trying to keep a balloon in the air without it hitting something and popping? Bubble Ghost Remake is like that, but it hopefully involves fewer children screaming gleefully. Remaking a classic platformer from 1990, the game has been remade from the ground up. It adds…
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I feel bad that this is going to be copy-paste review, but there really isn’t much to say about Donkey Kong Country Returns HD that I didn’t say in my review of the port of the game to the 3DS several years ago. I don’t think that this is a…
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Who doesn’t love it when a game launches in an unusual way? Morkull Ragast’s Rage is a 2D action platformer where you play as the villain, complete with funny fourth-wall breaks. News of its release date broke today, with the physical versions launching first and the digital versions to follow.…
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Developer OutOfTheBit definitely has experience with cinematic puzzle platformers: Full Void was all about handcrafted 2D art, innovative mechanics, and atmospheric storytelling. OutOfTheBit is taking on that genre again with Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon. Announced today, the game promises to fuse handcrafted animations, engaging combat, and magical adventure.…
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Contra: Operation Galuga was a mistake. It’s not that everyone involved didn’t try, mind you. As much as a certain kind of gamer loves to swipe at Konami, Konami did the right thing here to give this project every chance of success. The publisher recruited WayForward – veterans and legends…
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Back in June, Nintendo announced Super Mario Bros. Wonder through a Nintendo Direct. Today, Nintendo posted a 15-minute presentation solely for the game featuring new gameplay, new power-ups, and transformative Wonder effects from the upcoming Nintendo Switch game. It also announced a new Mario-themed OLED Nintendo Switch model.…
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Today, Marvelous Europe announced that it would be publishing female-led high-speed platformer Freedom Planet 2 in Europe and Australia. Marvelous already has a relationship with the developer: while the first game as well as its sequel are both self-published for PC, Marvelous published the first title for PlayStation 4 and…
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