Platformer

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is the rare platformer in today’s world that is simultaneously incredibly demanding and very satisfying. The game, ported to XBLA from the first batch of Steam Greenlight games, was originally part of a successful Kickstarter project. The game’s protagonist, Giana, derives her name from the original Great Giana Sisters of the 1980s which was most well known for being successfully sued by Nintendo for its close similarities to Super Mario Bros. The new game maintains the charm of an older era while demonstrating a keen awareness of how graphics and sound have improved in 25 years between the original and Twisted Dreams.

The game’s main mechanic involves Giana’s ability to shift between two different forms, which shifts the entire world’s graphics and music accordingly. Players will find themselves shifting back and forth between worlds extremely rapidly at times — it recalls the shifting of Ikaruga and Outcast, though with substantial changes to the environment also, not just the main character.

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The Behemoth have unveiled a new level editor for BattleBlock Theater. The editor, which has been kept secret throughout development, will allow players to create their own levels and …
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The Bakers Dozen Achievement is all about rescuing your favourite characters that have been hidden throughout the world of Dust: An Elysian Tail. Don’t forget that when you get to any one of the cages that these guys are imprisoned in, you will need four keys and some quick hands to beat the locks!

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Battleblock Theater is a terrible place, forcing prisoners to perform deadly plays for the entertainment of giant cats. That isn’t to say it’s all bad, at least the prisoners …
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The staff has been pretty divisive on Spelunky. If you’ve listen to the podcast, we’re all huge fans of the game and the game has some super charming characters and music. Do you want to own a little shopkeeper or set of frogs on your desk? Of course you do. Attract Mode is a collective of video game journalists and artists putting out some pretty unique and creative stuff. Derek Yu, creator of Spelunky is part of the collective and the long awaited Spelunky Minis figurines are now available! You can pay $5 for a random one or $40 for the entire set. Having the golden idol will not cause a gigantic rock to plow through your place and doesn’t the Tunnel Man bare a resemblance to our Guide Co-ordinator?

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BattleBlock Theater has been in development for what seems like forever, but the game is now fast approaching the finishing line. While we hold our breaths for the holy grail of …
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Gaijin Games’ Bit.Trip series hasn’t graced XBLA but the announcement a while back for Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2 is causing fans to go back to one of the best …
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