There are times when Ariana and the Elder Codex can feel like a fun Metroidvania. We get to customize our Librarian’s magical loadouts, after all. That lets us set up combos how we’d like. It also ...

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The expansive world, strong gameplay, and vivid art design make Grime II a genuinely terrific take on the Metroidvania genre.

If you thought January was a bit dry for amazing new games and that all the good stuff would begin to roll out in February, think again. After a stint in early access, Metroidvania sequel Ender ...

Arc Systems Works is known for anime fighters like Dragon Ball FighterZ, but it successfully experiments with a new genre ...

Zach McKay is a writer from the United States, and a game lover since he stole his dad’s N64 controller to play Ocarina of Time. He has been playing video games for the better part of 25 years and ...

Blade Chimera makes a stellar first impression. The title screen is awash with synthwave and neon, welcoming you before the game drops you straight into the action. You’re a man named Shin, equipped ...

Each year, hundreds of games try to smash together beloved franchises into something shamelessly, shallowly commercial. At first blush, you might mistake Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist for one of ...

Indie developer Team Ladybug has carved out a niche by making the types of side-scrolling action games that Konami used to create. Best known for Metroidvanias Touhou Luna Nights and Record of Lodoss ...

When I saw the trailer for MIO: Memories in Orbit for the first time, I immediately clocked influences from Hollow Knight and Ori and the Blind Forest--two games, along with their sequels (Hollow ...

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