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Phigames Unveils First Featurette “The Mainframe” for Recompile

Posted By: C. Anthony Riveraon: August 03, 2021In: Gaming, News, PC, Steam, Trailers/VideosTags: metroidvania, RecompileNo Comments

Indie developer Phigames has been teasing Recompile for some time now. With the launch date quickly approaching, the team is premiering a series of featurettes that highlight certain aspects of Recompile. Recompile: Hacking Into The Mainframe Following a partnership with publisher Dear Villagers, the first featurette for Recompile focuses on the digital wasteland of the […] Read more

Top 10 Metroidvania Games To Play Before Hollow Knight Silksong

Posted By: Nerd Stash Staffon: May 05, 2021In: Features, Gaming, Indie GamesTags: metroidvania, Video gamesNo Comments

Metroidvania-style games have been around since the late 80s – early 90s, starting with the Metroid and Castlevania franchises releasing in 1986. The gameplay is a culmination of action-adventure platforming with a strong emphasis on exploration and experimentation with non-linear story elements encouraging revisitation and backtracking so the player can become more invested in the […] Read more

Ender Lilies Game Coming to PC, Switch and PlayStation

Posted By: Juan Ortizon: April 14, 2021In: Gaming, Indie Games, News, Nintendo, PC, PS4, SwitchTags: EnderLilies, metroidvaniaNo Comments

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a game by Live Wire Adglobe. Imagine waking up with no memory of who you are. Would you know by instinct what to do? Or it would feel like learning to walk all over again? In this Metroidvania, we see how Lily, a priestess, manages with such circumstances. […] Read more

Outpost Delta Review: Saving What’s Left of Humanity

Posted By: Juan Ortizon: March 16, 2021In: Game Reviews, Gaming, Indie Games, News, Opinion, PC, SteamTags: #OutpostDelta, metroidvaniaNo Comments

Humanity shares its largest space station with everyone properly trained. But as tech advanced, it’s likely we’ll leave a few behind on our way through the stars. Outpost Delta shows us what space station defense systems may look like in the future. In this sci-fi adventure, a single drone and its AI companion must defend […] Read more

Bookbound Brigade Gets a Release Date

Posted By: Stephen Kruselon: January 11, 2020In: Gaming, News, PC, PS4, Steam, SwitchTags: Bookbound Brigade, metroidvaniaNo Comments

Get ready to fight Medusa as Robin Hood, Dracula, King Arthur, and Queen Victoria? The cutesy literary-themed action-platformer Bookbound Brigade from Italian developer Digital Tales now has a release date. The game lets players take control of various historical and public domain literary figures on an adventure to find a magical McGuffin. Some of the […] Read more

Bloodstained to Possibly Become a Series

Posted By: Nerd Stash Staffon: September 24, 2019In: Gaming, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox OneTags: Bloodstained, metroidvania1 Comment

According to a recent interview with Game Informer, former lead Castlevania producer and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night director, Koji Igarashi stated in an interview that he wants to turn Bloodstained into a series. In the interview, Igarashi stated, “After the release of Bloodstained, I was able to prove that we can make this style […] Read more

Mable and The Wood Trailer and Launch Date Announced

Posted By: Matthew Karambelason: August 16, 2019In: Gaming, Indie Games, New Releases, News, Nintendo, PC, Trailers/Videos, Xbox OneTags: Mable and The Wood, metroidvaniaNo Comments

Mable and The Wood is set to be released August 23, 2019, on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One from Graffiti Games. This news doesn’t just come with a reveal date but a new trailer as well. The trailer will be available at the end of this article. A little insight into the game. Mable and […] Read more