Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

The gaming insider at TheGamersJoint observes that platformer video games are finally enjoying a major comeback. Justice Department reaches $1.25 million settlement with Trump 2016 campaign aide over ...

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos has a fun development cycle. Originally, developer Argonaut Software pitched the 3D platformer to Nintendo as a Yoshi game. The two companies had a solid relationship after ...

Platformers have been around for a long time, going back to the earliest days of home video game consoles. As each new console generation came and went, developers produced some exceptional games, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Darwin's Paradox takes the 2D puzzle-platforming sensibilities of a game like Limbo or Inside and makes it distinctly less creepy and unsettling.

Your nameless egg is unpredictable. Smooth but prone to being overzealous in its haste when on its side; less controllable but more balanced on its end. Much of the challenge in Oeuf comes from ...

Bandai Namco announced that its hit puzzle-platformer franchise Little Nightmares is coming to VR in April. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is slated to land on Quest, PC VR headsets, and PSVR 2 ...

Publisher AMATA Games and developers NamaTakahashi, tiny cactus studio, and Tsuyomi have released side-scrolling puzzle platformer Ooo for Switch for $10.99, with PlayStation 5 to follow on March 11, ...

The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced just got hit with a short delay. The pixel-art game was supposed to come out on March 12, but will now be released on April 14. That's just a month, ...

One of the most important aspects for a 3D platformer to nail is making sure it feels amazing. Running around, jumping, climbing, diving, all of it should be a joy. You should be able to run and jump ...

Many modern action-platformers aspire to blend old-school ideas with new-school sensibilities, but few achieve the balance of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It retains the pick-up-and-play accessibility and ...