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New Platformer Is Ikaruga Without The Spaceships

Ubisoft, when you show a game that is essentially Ikaruga reimagined as a platformer, congratulations, you have our undivided attention.


New Kirby’s Epic Yarn Trailer Is So ~Cuuute~ :D

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Because the world was in need of something particularly soft and precious right now, Nintendo of Japan has released a new trailer for its hyper adorable platformer adventure Kirby’s Epic Yarn. (It’s perfectly acceptable to squeal now.)


September 2, 2010
News

Report: Wii Getting Super Mario All-Stars

According to a report from a Japanese retail event, Nintendo is planning on bringing Super Mario All-Stars to the Nintendo Wii.


August 10, 2010

LunchTimeWaster: Grapple With This!

Kotaku AU

Hey, it’s another LunchTimeWaster that I suck at. Oh goodie!


August 9, 2010

LunchTimeWaster: Heavenly Sworn

Kotaku AU

I don’t often swear when playing games. But this game makes me swear. A lot.


August 3, 2010

The Demon’s Souls Of 2D Platformers

Kotaku AU

“The constant cycle of death and rebirth is not the escapist entertainment that’s often expected of the medium.” What game could I possibly be talking about?


July 31, 2010

LittleBigPlanet Does Limbo

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Limbo is a wonderful black-and-white game from Playdead that has been a marquee title for the Xbox 360′s summer of arcade (we like it). LittleBigPlanet is a modder’s delight on the PS3. Of course, someone combined the two.


July 19, 2010

The First Hour Of… Limbo

Kotaku AU

Limbo is unsettling, creepy, unrelentingly strange and utterly alien. It’s quite the oddest game I’ve seen in some time. And it’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade, of all places, this week.


June 28, 2010
News

Doodle Jump Hits Five Million

The creators of Doodle Jump, the addictive platformer for the iPhone, believe their app is the first to break five million downloads from the iTunes store. That means they’ve taken in more than $US3 million.


June 22, 2010

LunchTimeWaster: A Link To The Parsed

Kotaku AU

You can’t play Kirby’s Epic Yarn yet. Nintendo hasn’t finished making it. You can, however, play this: an indie platformer with a very similar – and very cool – mechanic that allows you to reshape the world.