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Crossover fighting game Blade Strangers will bring together Binding of Isaac, Cave Story and more

Watch Isaac beat up Cave Story’s Quote in a game that’s not Mugen

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Nintendo Switch UI gets new close-up in deleted tweet

The Binding of Isaac developer Nicalis posted a picture to social media that may have shown just a bit too much of the Nintendo Switch’s user interface. The tweet has since been deleted, but not...

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Downwell is the best game I've played in 2015

Downwell, which was designed and developed by Tokyo’s Ojiro Fumoto and published by Devolver,  is the best game I’ve played in 2015. Downwell released to the public this week, on iOS and Steam....

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New Nintendo 3DS XL review

The Nintendo 3DS has only been on the market for four years, but it already has a successor of sorts in the New Nintendo 3DS XL. Confusing naming conventions aside — and trust me, we'll get to...

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1001 Spikes to launch on 3DS, Wii U on June 3, with discount offered

1001 Spikes, the 2D "tough-as-nails" action platformer arriving June 3 on PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac and Windows PC, will also launch for the 3DS and Wii U on that day, developer Nicalis...

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1001 Spikes' characters show their stuff in latest gameplay trailer (update)

The latest trailer for Nicalis and 8Bits Fanatics' 2D action-platformer, Aban Hawkins and the 1001 Spikes, introduces some of the playable characters in the game like Curly Brace from Cave Story...

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Why should game stories make sense?

Video games have a plot problem. That’s not a new observation, but a month ago I heard some new research on the subject at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Microsoft’s Deborah...

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BitSummit director celebrates 'exponential growth' in the conference's second year

James Mielke began working on BitSummit when he was a developer at Q-Games and realized that the indie scene in Japan lacked a sense of identity. Created to bring Japanese indie devs together in...

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Nintendo launches indie-focused online hub for eShop titles

An online hub for Nintendo eShop Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS titles is now live with an emphasis on indie games. The hub features more than 1,000 "new, classic and indie" games for the Wii U and...