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The Company Man is a 2D action platformer where you control Jim, a fresh graduate entering the workforce for the first time.

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Earthion' is probably one of the best shmups I’ve ever played, and while it comes across like a love letter to the genre, it ...

Celebrate the beloved Sony hack & slash franchises' 20th anniversary with a Kratos-themed DualSense controller, as revealed at State of Play September 2025. Pre-orders begin October 3, 2025, with the ...

Many of the Metroidvania games we recommend you play after Hollow Knight: Silksong fall into the 2.5D HD category, but Animal ...

Art of Vengeance is a 2D action-platformer, players will often need to think in 3 dimensions in order to succeed.

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Silksong will make you ask. The answer to all those questions is an unequivocal yes. The gameplay builds off the original in ways that remain familiar but change just about every approach to combat ...