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So excited to share that Guy Spelunky has joined the cast of Fraymakers , the marvelous indie platform fighter! They did an amazing job incorporating his items into a unique, fun moveset that really captures the spirit of the games. His pixels have never looked better! New to Fra
The question of difficulty is a bizarrely high-voltage third rail in videogame discourse. You can barely mention finding an Elden Ring boss a bit tough on social media without sparking some sort of global diplomatic crisis: Fathers denounce sons, sons denounce brothers, daggers a
Knowing that wombats' dump is little stackable cubes was one of the fun facts I learned at school (it was either a rhetorical proof for or against the existence of God; I forget which). This knowledge comes in handy for understanding the game Hardhat Wombat , coming from George F
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In 2012, a player named BarryMode completed Spelunky Classic in two minutes and 30 seconds. Since then, this time has stood as the world record, and no other speedrunner has come close. Now, BarryMode's speedrun has been revealed as fraudulent. Read more
Over eight years ago, speedrunner BarryMode (a completely unknown figure in the scene) shattered the Spelunky speedrunning community by beating Spelunky Classic in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Veteran speedrunners have spent years trying to best that time to no avail—and for good re
Hey, everyone! This update isn't exactly massive, but I feel like it qualifies as major, since the last update was in... lemme see here... 2014! 7 years ago! Big thanks to BlitWorks for the patch, which adds a variety of languages and fixes a number of long-standing bugs related
Phantom Abyss ’ early access opened last night five minutes before my bedtime. Two hours later I was sleepily stumbling through the game’s procedurally generated temples, watching as the ghosts of those who played before me stumbled and fell. The ego-driven concept of only one pl
"Spelunky 1 did a lot with a little, and Spelunky 2 does a lot with a lot. It remains better for its additions, and no less elegant. The variety in Spelunky 2 is a pure thrill." -Rock, Paper, Shotgun "I’ll let you know up top that I adore this game. If you’re a fan of the origina
After plumbing the depths of PlayStations for a fortnight, Spelunky 2 arrived on PC today. Grab your whip and hat, and hit the Moon to explore new dungeons full of monsters, treasures, and ways to die while doing something you initially thought was quite clever. Online multiplaye
Spelunky 2 is almost here! On September 29th, the long-awaited sequel is arriving on Steam. The game has already been well-received by gaming publications like Polygon, IGN (10/10), Game Informer (9/10), and Edge (9/10). The consensus seems to be that Spelunky 2 feels familiar bu
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. Hell is other people, wrote Jean-Paul Satre. But also my favourite level in Doom. He was a smart man, a
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. It s Friday the 13th, the day of Saint Badluck, patron saint of ladders and casinos. And it is a fabulo
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Every game is better with friends, but some games are the most betterer of all. These are the best co-op games you can play on PC in 2020. Whether you want to survive against zombie hordes, fell giant monsters, or fling your physicsy forms across chasms, there’s a game for you be
It’s been an eventful decade for PC games, and it would be hard for you to summarise everything that’s happened in the medium across the past ten years. Hard for you , but a day’s work for us. Below you’ll find our picks for the 50 best games released on PC across the past decade
In hindsight, and with all apologies, Spelunky is like smoking. I got into it in part because it's what all the cool kids were doing at the time. It was embarrassingly easy to get wrong at first, but quickly became a soothing, easily-consumed daily habit. This lead to an effortle
The biggest names in platforming used to live only on console, but it’s on PC now that the genre is thriving. Indies have taken the simple ingredients and spun them off in umpteen directions (but still normally from left to right). Below you’ll find a collection of the very best
The compilation UFO 50 is a gaming concept album from the makers of Spelunky , Downwell , and Catacomb Kids . It’s a collection of 8-bit inspired games that were “created by a fictional 80s video game company that was obscure but ahead of its time.” It was announced way back in 2