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Can't wait for Halloween? Neither can this spooky, MediEvil-inspired 3D platformer

By Mark Delaney

News Pumpkin Jack is here to bewitch you

Leak suggests Crash Bandicoot Mobile is on the way from Candy Crush devs

By Mark Delaney

News The mascot’s renaissance continues

The director of Astro Bot is now studio director at Sony Japan

By Mark Delaney

News The award-winning VR game continues to make waves

What makes Super Mario games so magical? Developers pay tribute to Nintendo's platform icon

By Retro Gamer Team

News Developers, including John Romero, Derek Yu and Chris Sutherland, pay tribute to the platform superstar in the new issue of Retro Gamer magazine

Sega promises new Sonic the Hedgehog announcements every month in 2020

By Alex Avard

News 2020 to be a major year for Sonic the Hedgehog ahead of his 30th anniversary

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - how Nintendo made the 'perfect' sequel to the best platformer ever

By Retro Gamer Team

Making Of Nintendo's Takashi Tezuka and Shigefumi Hino look back on the development of Super Mario World 2, where the Super FX chip and a risky 'hand drawn' style pushed the limits of 16-bit gaming

Is PlayStation teasing a new Crash Bandicoot game for next year?

By Alex Avard

News Woah.

Arise: A Simple Story documentary - Piccolo Studio on the inspirations behind its enchanting new indie game

By Alex Avard

News We flew out to Piccolo Studio in Barcelona to learn more about the making of Arise: A Simple Story

Yooka-Laylee's Playtonic confirms it's not working on a Banjo-Kazooie game

By Alex Avard

News Banjo Kazooie fans think they've discovered evidence of a new game in the works from the creators of Yooka-Laylee

Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin: How combat classic Shinobi inspired one of the best superhero games of the 16-bit era

By Rory Milne

Feature How a surprise Sega Genesis hit was reborn on the ill-feted Sega CD device, in an era where Marvel gifted developers freedom to experiment

Run a post office as two flightless birds in KeyWe, the most adorable co-op game since Overcooked 2

By Alex Avard

Preview KeyWe proves running a post office is just as mad as working the kitchen

Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey just got Labo VR support, and you won't even have to look up Link's bum to play it

By Alex Avard

News Nintendo just gave us two good reasons to pick up Labo VR

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Escape evil furniture in Amanita Design's creepy new horror game Creaks

By Edge Magazine

Feature Creaks is a puzzle horror game based on 'pareidolia' – the phenomenon of seeing faces in random objects – where furniture is the enemy

Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for $100,000, the highest price ever paid for a video game

By Alex Avard

News Super Mario Bros. breaks another record by representing the highest price ever paid for a video game

How to make a successful indie game: practical tips to turn your ideas into reality

By OXM Staff

Feature Got an idea for a game but no idea how to get started? Leading indie game developers share their practical tips for taking those early creative steps

The Golden Joystick Awards debuts new trailer for Gris, one of the best looking platformers you’ll see this year

By Alex Avard

News You won’t have to wait much longer for Gris, the breathtaking indie title from newcomer Nomada Studios

Which games console should I buy? PS4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch?

By GamesRadar Staff

Feature Xbox One vs PS4 vs Nintendo Switch: find the best console for you by answering these simple questions in our common-sense guide

Why the Tanglewood developers are making a game for Sega Genesis in 2018

By Rachel Weber

news "We'll keep making batches as long as people keep buying them"

Unravel 2 is pure, wholesome fun, and a chunk of it is free right now

By Rachel Weber

news Grab a friend, real or woolen, and check out the first two chapters for zero cents

Trials Rising brings platform racing back with a bang, and it's also coming to Nintendo Switch

By Alex Avard

News Your favourite motocross platformer is coming to your favourite hybrid console, as well as PS4, Xbox One and PC