I love retro arcade beat ’em ups but they haven’t felt the same since Absolum came out last year and raised the bar. While the 2025 roguelike didn’t get as much fanfare as Hades 2, it delivers a ...

Publisher Skystone Games and developer Streetlamp Studio have announced SlashZero, an anime-inspired side-scrolling roguelike action platformer coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games ...

Konami announced a new Castlevania game during the February 2026 State of Play, and it's a 2D side-scroller made in partnership Evil Empire and Motion Twin, the makers of Dead Cells. It's called ...

Sony finished tonight's State of Play broadcast with confirmation of a God of War Trilogy Remake project, and the surprise shadow drop of a side-scrolling spinoff — God of War Sons of Sparta — that ...

The Dark Souls franchise is the stuff of legend. A virtually flawless series of games so influential that an entire genre, Soulslikes, sprung up to meet the overwhelming demand of gamers who could not ...

A brand-new Steam game called The Dark Heart of Balor has been released, blending elements of Diablo and Castlevania to create something fresh. While the new Steam game is a classic Metroidvania at ...

Back in the 16-bit era, few genres had as much of a grip on both arcades and consoles as the beat ‘em up. Halfway between a fighting game and a platformer, a good side-scrolling brawler generally ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Tribute Games clearly believes in the power of nostalgia. Its last project, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, brought the heroes in a ...

I almost quit it, but I’m glad I didn’t. I almost quit it, but I’m glad I didn’t. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at ...

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...

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