If you've worked on the likes of Bioshock Infinite, on Grand Theft Auto IV and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, then you probably know a thing or two about what makes a game tick. That's the hope as the newly formed indie studio at Cut to Bits announce their riveting and dynamic metroidvania-styled debut title, Venture to the Vile.
Get ready for some videogame buzzword bingo with this next title. Part bullet hell, part metroidvania and part deck builder is how The Knight Witch describes itself. Whilst our review is still on the way, we do know one thing for certain. The Knight Witch is out today on Xbox and PlayStation.
We've long lost count of the sheer number of Metroidvania-styled gaming experiences that are available on the console scene, but that doesn't mean we get bored of seeing new ones pop up. The latest is that of The Bounty Huntress.
Yeah, we know you're probably well done with the whole metroidvania-styled worlds that help push the gaming lands along, but listen up and take note of Islets - it's a surprisingly wholesome little journey that is promised.
Pretty much anyone who has picked up a controller in the last couple of decades will be familiar with the Metroidvania scene; the genre is full of various options. Come 2023 though a new take will arrive, one that mixes in dark fairy tales to the usual Metroidvania stylings. That game? RIN: The Last Child.
When a young girl awakes in a cold, dark dungeon, bereft of memories and unaware of the world around her, a perilous journey begins to unfold. And it's in that adventure of Lost Ruins where you come in.
How long does an object need to be out in the wide world before it can be considered ‘retro’? I was recently privy to a conversation that dared to suggest the PlayStation 2 was now a retro console. I was having none of it. This latest release from Ratalaika Games, Cosmos Bit, available today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, is a modern game with a retro twist. Harking back to the 8-bit platforming titles of the 1980s and ‘90s, can a new release be instantly retro?
Coming from the Aeternum Game Studio, Aeterna Noctis is a 2D metroidvania which many have been pinning hopes on. Today we get to finally understand whether those hopes were justified as release occurs on Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
