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Emberbane is an epic pixel art metroidvania inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender

By Liam Dawe, May 16, 2023

Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fans around? Hamlet Games are developing Emberbane, an action-packed epic metroidvania platformer inspired by Avatar.

We have to wait a bit longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2023

Hollow Knight is probably one of the most popular 2D metroidvania action-adventures available on PC and the follow-up, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is looking like it's going to take a while longer to release.

Rogue Legacy 2 has one final content update out now

By Liam Dawe, May 2, 2023

Cellar Door Games are saying farewell to Rogue Legacy 2, with one final major content upgrade out now with The Swan Song.

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a fresh content expansion for the popular rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's available now.

I'm far too excited about Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

By Liam Dawe, Jan 20, 2023

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is an upcoming mini expansion for the popular action-platformer metroidvania game from Motion Twin / Evil Empire coming early this year.

Check out the new release of Kandria a hand-crafted 2D action game

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11, 2023

I have to admit, not many platformer-likes catch my attention nowadays but Kandria certainly looks the part.

Rogue Legacy 2 has a Native Linux port available now, more stable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Nov 23, 2022

As promised recently, Rogue Legacy 2 from Cellar Door Games now has a Native Linux version available to give you the best experience possible on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Salt and Sanctuary gets Cloud Saves and OSK support for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14, 2022

Salt and Sanctuary has seen an update recently which brings with it Cloud Saves, along with better Steam Deck support.

Rogue Legacy 2 had a major upgrade, and Native Linux support is coming

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9, 2022

Well this was unexpected. Rogue Legacy 2 from Cellar Door Games just had a massive upgrade and they've announced Native Linux and macOS versions are on the way.

Dead Cells gets a free indie cross-over update, Terraria 1.4.5 will see Dead Cells content

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8, 2022

Two games are doing an indie crossover, with a Dead Cells update out now and the next Terraria update will also include some Dead Cells content.

A Robot Named Fight! source code released

By Liam Dawe, Oct 12, 2022

The developer of a nicely reviewed metroidvania called A Robot Named Fight! has released the source code, hoping that others can learn from it.

Dead Cells now has a Boss Rush mode if you like pain

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2022

Love pain? Want to make your life difficult? Good news for you then as Dead Cells now has a fresh upgrade out with a Boss Rush mode so you can sweat against the toughest.

Axiom Verge 2 lands on Steam with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Aug 16, 2022

Axiom Verge 2 from Thomas Happ Games has jumped over from the Epic Store to Steam and it comes with Native Linux support and it is also Steam Deck Verified!

Hollow Knight is getting cross-platform Steam Cloud Saves to help Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12, 2022

Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry has announced that an update due to go live on Monday, August 15th will bring a much needed change to the saving system.

Nara: Facing Fire inspired by Hollow Knight is live on Kickstarter with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2022

Ready for another beautiful and engaging looking metroidvania? Loved Hollow Knight? You should keep an eye on Nara: Facing Fire that's live on Kickstarter.

The 30th update for Dead Cells is out now as 'Enter the Panchaku'

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2022

Enter the Panchaku is the latest big update to the rather great game Dead Cells, continuing to expand the game in a number of ways and tweak existing features.

Fantasy metroidvania Nara: Facing Fire blends Hollow Knight and Ori

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2022

Love games like Hollow Knight, Ori and Celeste? Well, you're going to want to take a look at Nara: Facing Fire as it takes inspiration from all of them.

Dead Cells has an exciting roadmap ahead as it's far from finished

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2022

Dead Cells is the absolutely brilliant game from Motion Twin and Evil Empire. A rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's not finished, far from it.

Inspired by Hollow Knight the grim fantasy game Crowsworn has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, Jul 11, 2022

Crowsworn is an upcoming grim fantasy action-platformer metroidvania inspired by the likes of Hollow Knight, Bloodborne, and Devil May Cry. It's been in development for a while and a fresh trailer has arrived.