A brand-new platformer on the Nintendo Switch called The Merlies is like a 2D take on Pikmin with a touch of Metroidvania, and it lets players manage a flock of tiny birds. Although The Merlies' ...

One developer. One hundred-plus levels spanning ten full worlds. A custom combo-traversal system, a GDPR-compliant online backend, daily rotating challenges, automated Discord world-record ...

Hazelight — whatever you think of creative director Josef Fares' unsubtle storytelling ambition — is pretty good at making these games. But no field of game design can move forward without competition ...

While practically every other developer and publisher under the sun has been trying to give Grand Theft Auto 6 as wide a berth as possible, Devolver Digital is going in the other direction. The ...

Chosen by your people to seek your lost god, you find yourself stranded on a hostile planet. With no way home, fight your way out alongside your newfound draconic companion. Slam every foe, defeat ...

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Joshua Speer is a Staff Writer at DualShockers who has been covering games professionally since 2013, with a focus on indie games, retro games, platformers, deckbuilders, roguelikes, and Nintendo ...

Darwin's Paradox! really taps into the joy and simplicity of a fun cartoon for its quirky alien invasion adventure. With a simple setup of an octopus clumsily trying to survive on land, it gives way ...

Darwin’s Paradox takes the 2D puzzle-platforming sensibilities of a game like Limbo or Inside and makes it distinctly less creepy and unsettling. Whereas those games presented elements of light body ...

Publisher Skystone Games and developer Streetlamp Studio have announced 3D anime-style roguelike action platformer, SlashZero, for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. "With ...

The world is a game. Break the rules. Step into a surreal puzzle platforming adventure as Barb, a young woman living as an NPC in an abandoned gameworld. When a sinister plot threatens your beloved ...