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The 'Update of Plenty' has arrived for Dead Cells - revamping lots

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2020

The 19th update for Dead Cells is a bit of a big one, overhauling quite a lot of game mechanics and the overall difficulty.

Now crowdfunding - Neko Ghost, Jump! blends 2D and 3D puzzle-platforming

By Liam Dawe, Jul 1, 2020

After a puzzle-platformer that's a little unique and challenging? Neko Ghost, Jump! blends together traditional 2D platforming and 3D modes to offer a fresh take.

Skul: The Hero Slayer gets a Dead Cells crossover

By Liam Dawe, Jun 23, 2020

Skul: The Hero Slayer just got a big update with a Dead Cells crossover character ability, not that I needed any excuse to jump back into Skul: The Hero Slayer.

Vernal Edge is now funded bringing great pixel-art and enemy-juggling combat

By Liam Dawe, Jun 23, 2020

With a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter that's now finished, Vernal Edge from Hello Penguin is now officially on the way to Linux.

Digging puzzle adventure platformer 'Something Ate My Alien' is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 19, 2020

A thorough mixture of genres that all fit together quite nicely is what you will find with Something Ate My Alien.

Tallowmere 2 could be my next favourite dungeon-crawling action platformer

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18, 2020

After playing a bunch of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens by solo dev Chris McFarland during the Steam Game Festival, I'm annoyingly hooked on the absurdness of it.

Humorous story-driven, platformer metroidvania Clunky Hero is funded

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2020

Chaosmonger Studio who are also working on the sci-fi adventure ENCODYA have managed to succeed on Kickstarter again with their platformer metroidvania Clunky Hero.

Combo-driven roguelite action platformer Fury Unleashed is getting online play

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2020

After launching in May with added Linux support, Fury Unleashed is set to get a big update in a few months adding in online play based on feedback from players.

GONNER2 announced bringing even more colourful action

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2020

IGF-winning game GoNNER is getting a sequel! GONNER2 was announced today by Art in Heart and Raw Fury, bringing an even more colourful platformer-shooter and it's due out this year.

Tallowmere 2 looks like an insanely good roguelike platformer

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9, 2020

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens, a name I would expect from something entirely different to what the trailer shows and you need to see this.

Bloody and difficult action platformer They Bleed Pixels is now on itch.io

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9, 2020

They Bleed Pixels is full of pixel blood, lots of action and it's genuinely a lot of fun if you can master the combat. It's also now available DRM-free on itch.io.

Dungeons of Clay has a wild style and a lot of action

By Liam Dawe, May 28, 2020

The latest game from ShotX Studio has been announced with Dungeons of Clay, an ever-changing action-platformer dungeon crawler and it looks great.

Story-driven metroidvania Clunky Hero has you fight drunk bees

By Liam Dawe, May 20, 2020

From the same Nicola Piovesan and Chaosmonger Studio who are currently working on the point and click ENCODYA, they've announced a second game with Clunky Hero.

Try out some strategy, superpowers and sabotage in Jumpala

By Liam Dawe, May 18, 2020

A competitive platformer like no other and one I'm already very fond of, Jumpala now has a demo on Steam ahead of the release later this year.

2D dig 'em up puzzler 'Something Ate My Alien' releasing June 18

By Liam Dawe, May 15, 2020

Platforming, puzzles and plenty of digging is what's in store for you in Something Ate My Alien, and plenty of weird creatures too.

Aura of Worlds makes rogue-lite platformers a little more tactical

By Liam Dawe, May 13, 2020

A tactical rogue-lite platformer isn't something you see too often. A lot are based on speed and / or power but Aura of Worlds calms things down a bit to make you think and it's now on Linux.

With crazy action and excellent visuals 'Fury Unleashed' is out now and there's a free Prologue

By Liam Dawe, May 12, 2020

Fury Unleashed is an action platformer with a seriously good art style from developer Awesome Games Studio, it's out in full now and they added Linux support just before release too.

Linux version of Blasphemous still coming, due to arrive with the first DLC

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2020

Back in 2017 game developer The Game Kitchen successfully crowdfunded Blasphemous, a very stylish punishing action-platformer.

Clever and quirky musical platformer 'Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói' gets an English version

By Liam Dawe, May 5, 2020

Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói has been around for a few years now, and it ended up quite popular for a good reason. It's a platformer with a clever musical twist but until now it wasn't available in English.