"There's always a loose end, trailing off into the distance": Inside the mind of a Metroidvania creator and how they spin up mysteries

Along the way, ideas emerged in various ways. Some grew out of unintentional bugs, including one that allowed players to die ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Apple’s SHARP turns any photo into a 3D scene in

Apple is turning the flat photo into a new computing primitive. With its SHARP model, the company says a single snapshot can be transformed into a navigable 3D scene in less than a second on standard ...
Game Rant

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Proves Something That Hardcore Fans Have Known All Along - The 2D Games Are Better

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...
gematsu

2D platforming boss-rush action game Onikura to be published by Astrolabe Games

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...
Eurogamer

Terminator 2D: No Fate review - brief-but-beautiful action platforming drenched in 90s nostalgia

You can smash through Terminator 2D: No Fate's story mode in less that the runtime of the movie, but that doesn't stop this side-scrolling action platformer from being a perfectly presented tribute to ...

10 Games to Play If You Loved Avatar: Fire and Ash

When not writing for DualShockers Eric can typically be found playing games on his PS5, PC, and Xbox or reading sci-fi, horror, and fantasy books/comics.  James Cameron wowed audiences worldwide with ...
Polygon

Surprising no one, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks phenomenal in HD-2D

Imagining a game as beautiful as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting even prettier is a tall task, but there’s one thing that does the job: turning it into HD-2D pixel art, the striking art style ...
bleedingcool

Terminator 2D: No Fate Releases New Launch Trailer

Play as Sarah Connor and the T-800 through a variety of thrilling missions as they take on the T-1000 and try to put a stop to Skynet's plans before the human race is annihilated. Lead the Resistance ...
IGN

Ninja Gaiden Returns as a Side-Scroller Called Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - The Game Awards 2024

Ninja Gaiden has returned as a new 2D side-scrolling action platformer called Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Revealed at The Game Awards 2024 with the trailer, below, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound sees new ...
PC Gamer

There's more to Horses than the Steam ban: The controversial horror game is a great example of how games can effectively borrow from film, and how they can also stumble

After playing Horses, I found it fascinating, but it didn't take its juxtaposition of mundane chores and extreme violence far enough. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
The Mirror

Terminator 2D No Fate review – a brilliant bit of fan service all-too faithful to the old-school era

After 35 years of lacklustre Terminator games, No Fate is more faithful than most. But well-executed fan service can’t save what is an overall disjointed gameplay package. Once upon a time, in 1991 to ...