Tag Archives: Platformer

Ray Doewood never asked for the power to read minds, he was fine with his mundane life as a hardhat tester. But when he’s ironically hit on the head on his way home one night, an alien fugitive decides Ray’s brain is the best place to take refuge. With a …

I’m not a fan of 3D. Sure, my TV set ‘does’ 3D, but only as a pleasant side-effect of being the second best 2D TV in the shop. Yes, second best. Because the best one cost about twice as much. No, I didn’t want credit. Look, we’re straying from the …

Mighty No. 9 got equipped with console versions today. The Kickstarted spiritual successor to Mega Man from Keiji Inafune’s Comcept studio cleared $2.2 million in pledges, soaring past its most significant stretch goal yet. The platformer will be at home on PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, on top of …

In what seems likely to be the match-up of the century, Rayman Origins will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS on June 5, Ubisoftannounced (opens in new tab)today. They also revealed that the game will be coming at a slightly lower price than is typical of a 3DS game at …

As adorable and stunningly animated the upcoming Rayman Origins is, it’s got the dark specter of death looming over it. No we aren’t talking about the fact that it comes out November 15 when it’ll be overshadowed by a dozen AAA-budgeted titles. We’re talking about all the danger lurking around …

Turning heads on the show floor at both the Independent Games Festival and Comic-Con 2011, Rocketbird has certainly come a long way from its humble beginnings. The 2D run-and-gun sidescroller impressed enough of the right people to get an exclusive launch on PSN. With this latest iteration entitled Rocketbirds: Hardboiled …

We don’t know how the gameplay will turn out just yet, but the story behind Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is stupendous. The hero has his name because as a little chicken fetus, he was hardboiled inside his egg. That’s… disgusting, but also sets the proper tone for this 2D action/platformer which …

Hey, videogames are a visual medium. Therefore, graphics are part of the package. How large a part they play is one of those things gamers will argue about for hours, withlots ofphrases like”graphics whore”, “frames per second”, “gameplay first”, and “realism vs art” thrown about. We say don’t overcomplicate things …