Platformer

A freel trial version of Unravel is now on Origin

30.03.2016

electronic arts, News, origin, Platformer, Puzzle, Unravel

The yarn-based puzzle-platformer Unravel exists in that murky, grey area typified by 70/100 review scores: Probably not quite as good as you’d hoped, but still interesting enough that the urge to give it a shot persists. It’s not super-expensive—the price tag…

Lucky's Tale review

30.03.2016

Lucky's Tale, Oculus, Oculus Rift, Platformer, Reviews, vr

Familiar faces in familiar places reviewing a VR game James secretly takes a selfie with me at this year’s GDC. This is PC Gamer’s first review of a VR-exclusive game, but it’s not a review of the Oculus Rift itself—that will…

Slain! releases this week, so here's a launch trailer

24.03.2016

Action, News, Platformer, Slain

Slain, the tough as nails action platformer that looks like a Celtic Frost record in motion, is releasing on March 24. To celebrate, Wolf Brew Games has released the above launch trailer, which does a pretty good job of summarising what the…

Local multiplayer round-up: all the couch games we played at GDC

17.03.2016

2D, Action, Arena Gods, Combat Core, GDC 2016, Gurgamoth Lives, Inversus, Platformer, Tooth and Tail, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Videoball

It’s a good time to have a PC in your living room—maybe the best time, with games like Towerfall and Nidhogg and more ushering in a new era of local multiplayer games in the past two years. At the Indie MIX party…

Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition delayed, but only on the PC

10.03.2016

, Platformer

Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition, a re-release of the gorgeous and thoroughly-good platformer that adds “new areas, difficulty options, and gameplay upgrades,” was originally supposed to be out last fall. Developer Moon Studios announced in December, well after…