Metroidvanias

I’m very obviously failing in my duty to cover The Best Genre of Games. I’m stepping aside from my tumblr/site work. I will continue to maintain https://twitter.com/metroidvanias.

My domain, metroidvanias.com, has purposely been re-directed to https://metroidvaniareview.com/. They’re doing great research and review work and definitely deserve your eyes.

I’d also recommend subscribing to the Metroidvanias channel (not mine) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Metroidvanias. They’re constantly adding to a list of MV trailers. EZPZ method to get the latest MV trailers in your feed.

Minoria - Hitting August 27th!

Minoria, the next game from rdein of Momodora fame, is hitting at the end of August!

... I remember a time when the bombservice website looked like a proto-Geocities page and I would email rdein every other month about when the next game was hitting. So happy for their successes!

Minoria on Steam

Rune Fencer Illyia - Teaser Trailer

Run Fencer Illyia on Steam

BLASPHEMOUS

POSTED TOO SOON! COLLECTORS EDITION IS REAL! GO GO GO GO

It was an art book.

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG

Explore a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award winning action-adventure! Discover enchanting secrets and face foes in lethal, acrobatic combat as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

!!!FREE FOR HOLLOW KNIGHT KICKSTARTER BACKERS!!!

Metroid Prime 4 Update

Smith and Winston

In early access on Steam for ~$10. Touted as an explora-shooter, and check out that interesting verticality they have going on.

Feudal Alloy - Releases on January 17th!

Steam, GOG and Nintendo Switch on January 17. Xbox One and PS4 later. 

$16.99 / €14.99

Timespinner - Released!

Big congrats to @lunarraygames for their years of work leading up to this. I’ve been hearing excellent things about Timespinner and I hope it does well for you.

Link: Timespinner on Steam

Link: Timespinner on Humble Bundle (not sure if it’s hitting HB today)

CrossCode - Released!

Forgot to post about this one because I was too busy enjoying the heck out of this game!

It has the trappings of MMO gameplay, as the game takes place within an MMO, but after a few hours it adds so many tweaks and different implementations of basic systems and moves that it makes your head spin. 

A bit Zelda, a bit MMO-y, a bit Phantasy Star (Critical Damage name drop), a bit Terranigma (O V E R L O A D - D A M A G E name drop). Big thumbs up!