The RNG-based loop of try, die, then try again offers plenty of room for genre overlaps with the best shooters, 2D platformers, the best strategy games ... a chair for some cover on the go ...

Whether it’s 2D sidescrollers or 3D sandboxes, the platformer is a foundational video game genre. Run, don’t walk, to play the best games about jumping as skillfully as possible.

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 ...

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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 ...

that game exploded the form of what its medium could be, only instead of deep focus and other breakthrough forms of cinematography it invented the expansive and expressive 2D platformer.