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Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase for this Wednesday. It will be the first Direct of the year. Nintendo has officially announced a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase for this Wednesday. It will be on-demand at 8am central. The Direct will be 25 minutes long and cover games for Nintendo’s “publishing and development” partners. What this means is that there will be no Nintendo published games shown during this Direct. It had been rumored that Nintendo was going to…

One of the most visually stimulating games of the year, Ultros delivers the most unique and unexpected twist on the Metroidvania genre. Developed by Hadoque and published by Kepler-Interactive, you’ll only experience this psychedelic, vibrant, narrative Metroidvania once, but will want to keep coming back to replay it again. This game took me back to when I was a little girl and I had owned a kaleidoscope. You know when you’d stare into it for a long time, turning the…

I have to be honest, when I first heard of Magical Delicacy I didn’t understand how it would be a game about cooking and simulation but also a Metroidvania. Well, I recently had the pleasure to try the demo of the game during Steam Next Fest, and I fell in love with the game completely. The concept is perfect for every cozy gamer, and wait until you experience the beautiful scenery, music, NPC characters and just the environment as a…

It’s the beginning of the year 2024, and we are already starting with some amazing Metroidvanias. It’s been a while since I’ve played a game that took inspiration from games like Ori and The Blind Forest and I am not complaining.  Developed and published by Space Fox Games, the developers have created a mythological fantasy exploration platformer, RIN: The Last Child. This game takes on an adventure to restore order in a mystical world and save the fate of her…

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is out now for the Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and more. Check out the launch trailer below along with some more thoughts on the game. Persia of Persia: The Lost Crown is out now! We were lucky enough to check out the game on the Nintendo Switch and elsewhere. The new Prince of Persia game feels a lot like the classic 2D ones while also having fantastic modern graphics and a really cool Metroidvania…

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will be coming out this month! Check out the newest trailer for the game along with additional details below. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will be available for the Nintendo Switch on January 18th. There will be a demo available for it on January 11th. The World trailer teases the gameplay and the killer new graphics! We love how this game’s gameplay is a lot like the classic 2D Prince of Persia games.…

This has been a really amazing year for video games. I didn’t get to play everything but I played a lot of games. Here are my top ten favorite games of 2023! 2023 was such an amazing year for video games. A lot of cool games came out this year. I didn’t get to play them all. You may even notice that Super Mario RPG and Pikmin 4 are not on this list. I didn’t get to play them. I…

The Game Awards may have announced many upcoming games last Thursday, December 7, 2023, but there was one game in particular that caught my interest and of course, it’s a Metroidvania. I will never get tired of this genre and Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, currently being developed by Surgent Studios and will be published by EA Originals looks breathtaking. Before even seeing the trailer, what touched my heart was how Abubakar Salim, who founded Surgent Studios, talked about his father…

If you know me then you know that I dislike the Bullet-hell genre. Yet, the last game I played that had Bullet-hell elements was The Knight Witch, and I fell in love with that game (which by the way, if you have not played yet, I highly recommend you do so). Fast-forward to today, I needed a game to scratch that itch of a Metroidvania and bullet-hell in one, and TEVI didn’t disappoint me. Developed by CreSpirit, who also created…

Entering the world of darkness, escaping from reality into a fairy tale book, Kingdom Shell brings its players something magical that’s beyond one’s imagination.  Inspired by games such as Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight and Rygar on the Nes, this 2D pixelated fantasy Metroidvania brings us to the beginning chapters of once upon a time and shows us that originality can be put into a video game. You shouldn’t miss out on this game developed and published by Cup of…