Shovel Knight will return in Yooka-Replaylee with new challenges for the player. Yooka-Replaylee is an upcoming remaster of ...

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Still, for the price ($4.99 USD), Unless is still an attractive prospect, particularly for anyone who wants to dip their toe into speedrunning for the first time.

Blast off on a rescue mission with a retro twist as Moons of Daraslon rotates to Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.

The sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns, the Retro Studios-developed Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is a classic-style ...

For Gimmick 2, the approach the developers of this cutesy 2D platform game - first released on Steam and Nintendo Switch and now coming to PS4, PS5 and Xbox - is ironically enough not a gimmick at ...

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Extremely OK Games - the studio behind beloved 2018 platformer Celeste - has announced the cancellation of its "2D explor-action" project Earthblade, calling the news a "huge, heartbreaking ...

Originally made by the folks at Retro Studios and now remastered by prolific Switch publisher and porting house Forever Entertainment, this challenging 2D platformer is itself an attempt to ...