Category Archives: Platformer

Mojang boss Markus “Notch” Persson didn’t hesitate when Double Fine boss Tim Schafer said he’d need a lot of money for Psychonauts 2.

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Screenshots for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II have popped up on XBL Marketplace, showing Sonic and Tails doing what they do best.  You can look them over in the gallery below the break. Episode II takes place following the events of Episode I, where Metal Sonic has returned to form an alliance with Dr. Eggman, and Sonic and Tails must team up and race four new Zones in order to put an end to their evil plans. Players will be able to play co-op online or locally. Still no date, but hopefully SEGA will provide a release window not that new shots have been released. It’s out sometime this year at any rate, for XBL, PSN, iOS, and Android. Thanks, Reddit.

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Indie developer DrinkBox Studios has confirmed Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is through final testing and on target to make Vita’s launch.

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Another pay what you want indie bundle goes on sale today through Groupees, and with this particular set, there are incentives for your purchase.

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Is Minecraft’s Markus Persson about to descend like some benevolent fairy tale prince and rescue Psychonauts 2 from reality’s thorny tower of fiscal woe? Only in dreamland. Patrick Garratt’s trousers are on the block.

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Eyebrow Interactive’s intriguing platformer Closure scored top honours at the DICE Summit 2012 Indie Games Challenge.

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Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android. This brings the total to five games, including Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE. Those who pay more than the average price, currently $6.14, the indie classic World of Goo is also yours as an extra incentive. Buying the Humble Bundle for Android also nets you with the Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of the titles, along with the soundtracks. As of post time, the bundle has moved 133,387 units and earned $818,549.78.

Namco Bandai’s announced it’s to include a gold pass system with copies of Ridge Racer Vita from launch.

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Team Meat has corrected a report that its is prepping a port of Super Meat Boy for touch devices, assuring fans it’s toying with the idea of a whole new game.

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Two Tribes has discussed in its latest blog entry the plans it has in store for Wii U, and it’s looking quite likely that Toki Tori 2 will include some nifty features should it be released on the console.

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FuturLab has announced Velocity, scrolling minis shooter with gameplay featuring a teleport mechanic which allows players to jump around the screen and return to previous areas of a level to solve “time sensitive logic puzzles.”

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Vblank has teased big news for Retro City Rampage on February 20 and the end of a new trailer for the game. That’s pretty much it. Get it below, via Joystiq.

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Ex-head of Microsoft Game Studios Ed Fries has said there’s still “magic” left at Rare, despite the studio moving away from its roots in recent years.

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Square Enix has discounted DLC and games as part of an ongoing sale on Xbox Live Marketplace. Offers include 25 percent off Battlestations: Pacific, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Just Cause 2 on Games on Demand, as well as half-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on XBLA, Anniversary episodes for Tomb Raider: Legend and other bits of DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, including story expansion The Missing Link. Other items on sale include DLC, avatar items and themes.

There’s a full list after the break.

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Kablammo Games dropped us a note to say Katana Land, its action-platformer, is now live as a 360 indie title. It costs 80MSP, which is about the price of an egg, so buy it and be nice. It’s “Ninja Gaiden meets Super Mario,” apparently. Watch the video below and see for yourself.

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The latest trailer for Shoot Many Robots, Ubi’s 2D multiplayer action-platformer, is very much about shooting and robots. It also appears to take cues from Borderlands’ style, but don’t hold that against it. There’s no date on Demiurge Studios’ XBLA and PSN effort yet.

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Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has actually said he’s pitched a Psychonauts sequel “several times”.

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Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has said 3DS software topped the hardware monthly totals for last month in Japan.

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Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells has said the newly-founded second team at the studio was initially throwing around ideas for a new Jak & Daxter on PS3 before starting work on The Last of Us.

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Sega has confirmed its hedgehog-flavoured fan events will return this year.

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