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Inti Creates is getting in touch with its cat-loving side with its new 2D title. Enter Umbraclaw, a 2D side-scrolling action game that follows the journey of Kuon, a cat who died and must return home to his owner from the underworld. The game is directed by Satoru Nishizawa, who is known for Blaster Master Zero. The game's art style is part fant...
In an intentionally scary way, like as if a game is shutting down due to copyright issues, the creator of 2D roguelike auto-shooting WASD game Holocure, Kay Yu, are re-releasing its fan game on a different platform. First, the bad news: the Holocure game launcher has been taken down, so the only way to download Holocure is to go back to the webp...
Billy and Jimmy Lee are back, and this time they're going on another wasteland-cleaning rampage! Publisher Modus Games and Singapore-based developer Secret Base have announced a new entry in the Double Dragon franchise: Double Dragen Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. The game is a 2D beat-em-up with pixel graphics that hearken back to the 80s and 90s...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Genre: Visual novel with 2D pixel art and coffee/tea-making In the Toge Productions-developed visual novel adventure title Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, you take the role of a barista who serves coffee and/or tea to your l...
Who knew that license movie games can come back in style and be good? Especially when it's cribbing off an already-established genre of last year? That's the new Renfield game from Mega Cat Studios, titled Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood. The game is a top-down action roguelike in the veins (heh) of Vampire Survivors. And it looks really good, wi...
Black Skylands is shaping up to be a promising steampunk open-world action-adventure title in its current Early Access state. It's a top-down action game ala Hotline Miami, you control a giant ship to deal with other sky pirates and rogues, and it's full of secrets and treasure. So it's only a matter of time until it leaves its current state to ...
Publisher WayForward and developer Canari Games announced the release date of its tribute to Flashback and Another World: Lunark. Lunark will be out on 30 March for PC (Steam), Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. The game will also receive a physical and collector's edition for those consoles courtesy of Lim...
Kandria is out right now for PC, and it's a really ambitious search action game with some good platforming gameplay. The combat's a bit easy, but that's the only major issue we've found in this budding gem. Having said that, the game's platforming can be tough. Here's a guide on how to sort those out. Here are the video walkthroughs we've com...
Head here for the full list. #8: Vampire Survivors AND Holocure We’re giving one of our prestigious top 10 spots between two titles that share a common new genre: one we affectionally call the WASD game. It’s 8 at night. You play a 2D character in a 2D environment with enemy sprites looking like legally-distinct Castlevania enemies...
Platform(s): PC(version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Genre: 2D beat-em-up RPG hybrid with Technos throwbacks aplenty 2019's River City Girls surprised everyone with its brand of humour, fun 2D beat-em-up action, lush pixel artwork, catchy music, and nods to the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon franchise. A couple more years later, we're...
Before it was swamped with too many Pokemon games to make, Gamefreak used to create original 2D games. One of them is an underrated 2D platformer-slash-drilling-sim called Drill Dozer, and it was a lovely Game Boy Advance marvel. Fast forward to now, and it seems that the cult game has inspired developers like Ahr Ech to make their own drilling ...
Publisher Curve Games and developer Pixadrome are bringing a new pixelated brawler into 2022 with Chenso Club. Side-scrolling roguelike brawler Chenso Club is 2D and pixelated all the way, and will definitely appeal to anyone who likes the recent Ninja Turtles game and Streets of Rage 4. The game will be out for PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, an...
The fashion-themed retro first-person shooter Fashion Police Squad will be out next month in full svelte form. The shooter will launch for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on 15th August for US$19.99 according to publisher No More Robots and developer Mopeful Games. The game will be out on consoles on a later date. Here's a feature list and ...
The hit Vampire Survivors clone-but-with-Hololive-VTubers fangame HoloCure is getting a ton of buzz for its lovely graphics and addictive survive-til-you-die gameplay. So it's good to know that there's new content oncoming. According to its creator Kay Yu on Twitter, the HoloCure game will be getting new stages, enemies, and related content arou...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is out now for all platforms. If you love 2D beat-em-ups and the TMNT brand, you'll definitely fall in love with this game. It's also a pretty challenging game, especially when you want to get through Arcade Mode and find the Story Mode collectibles. Here are a couple of walkthrough videos on how...
Sad news for action gaming fans who love pixel art and cyberpunk elements. Sad Cat Studios and publisher Thunderful have announced that its upcoming 2D action game Replaced is getting delayed to 2023. This is due to the continued war in Ukraine heavily impacting the Belarusian-based studio. "The priority for Sad Cat was for the safety of the te...
The pretty sweet-looking spin-off to the River City series of games will be out in English in a few months. Publisher Arc System Works and developer APlus Games will release River City Saga: Three Kingdoms for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on 21 July for US$29.99. River City Saga: Three Kingdoms will have our beat-em-up heroes Kunio and Riki f...
Anno Mutationem is a pretty awesome 2D action game with gorgeous visuals, a lovely soundtrack, and a pretty roundabout anime plot. That last part was made all the more obtuse with how the game ended originally. Thankfully, developer Lightning Games has fixed that and added a few more things with its latest major update. Anno Mutationem's 1.04 up...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Genre: 2D action RPG that pays homage to the 90s Enix Quintet library With the Live A Live remake coming later this month, it's high time Square Enix and other legacy RPG-making game companies start re-releasing blasts from the past. Personally, I would love the Final Fantasy folk...
Platform(s): PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: Metroidvania, Indie, Retro Cathedral is Swedish developer named Eric Lavesson and Decemberborn Interactive's own take on the retro 8-bit Metroidvania (or Search Action) genre of games from yesteryear. What can you expect from this title? Something solid, but standard, assuming that's a bad thing...
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