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New Platformer Is Ikaruga Without The Spaceships

2:30PM September 3, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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


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

1:30PM September 3, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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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.) More »


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Report: Wii Getting Super Mario All-Stars

10:30PM September 2, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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


LunchTimeWaster: Grapple With This!

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12:00PM August 10, 2010 | David Wildgoose

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


LunchTimeWaster: Heavenly Sworn

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12:00PM August 9, 2010 | David Wildgoose

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


The Demon’s Souls Of 2D Platformers

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2:00PM August 3, 2010 | David Wildgoose

“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? More »


LittleBigPlanet Does Limbo

12:00AM July 31, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

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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. More »


The First Hour Of… Limbo

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2:00PM July 19, 2010 | David Wildgoose

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. More »


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Doodle Jump Hits Five Million

1:00AM June 28, 2010 | Owen Good

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. More »


LunchTimeWaster: A Link To The Parsed

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12:00PM June 22, 2010 | David Wildgoose

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. More »