Metroidvania
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The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 8th
Poor sales? Team disbanded? No no no, that's not the way it happened
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Stardust Demon is an intergalactic metroidvania that looks very snazzy indeed, and it's out now
How two people developed this is beyond me
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Rain World's new slugcat will explore icy wastes and desert sands as The Watcher DLC gets a release date
But what's it watching?
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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown's story DLC Mask Of Darkness is out now
Resolving the fate of sexy Voldo
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UFO 50 review: a pixellated portrait of the 1980s that offers a strange sort of time travel
A retroactive reimagining
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In handsome metroidvania Alruna And The Necro-Industrialists you are a dryad fighting the corpse of capitalism
I have measured out my life with T.S. Eliot quotes
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Metroidvania Uruc is like Rain World but the slugcat gets a shotgun and pilots a mech
Sluggier than thou
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau studio, founded by Assassin’s Creed Origins actor, lay off staff less than three months after debut game
Platformer melding African Bantu cultures with personal experiences of grief hit PC in late April
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LXD Red Honey is an astonishingly good free metroidvania that owes something to psychedelic bees
My pick of Metroidvania Month 24
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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown adds boss rush mode, extra fast-travel and an outfit from the 2008 reboot (if you can unlock it)
The second of three free updates is out now
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Echo Weaver is an Outer Wilds-inspired metroidvania in which the only resource is time
Clone survivor
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Tales Of Kenzera: Zau review: a beautifully designed yet imprecise platforming adventure
It's not time to make a change
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Gestalt: Steam & Cinder will launch in May and the demo is out now
2D platforming with snappy combat