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OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3

By Liam Dawe,
The much loved Jak series continues getting modern enhancements from the OpenGOAL project, which recently added Jak 3 to the collection.

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Sprint City is a new Early Access release from the original creators of SpeedRunners, a shared-world competitive 2D platformer with explosive speed.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 5 brings many more bug fixes and improved translations

By Liam Dawe,
While Team Cherry continue working on the Sea of Sorrow expansion for Hollow Knight: Silksong, they've released Patch 5 to keep the game running nicely.

From the creators of SpeedRunners, a demo of Sprint City is live now

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from the original creators of the popular competitive platformer SpeedRunners, a first playable demo for Sprint City is live on Steam.

Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious

By Liam Dawe,
Log Riders is a co-op platformer around running on top of wooden logs, it looks hilarious and now there's full Native Linux support too.

Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March

By Liam Dawe,
Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are classic Macintosh games from the 80s, and they're getting a bundled definitive edition re-release on Steam.

Hollow Knight gets a patch adding 21:9 & 16:10 resolution support and more

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry have given the original Hollow Knight a fresh coat of paint with a new patch out now to improve various parts of the classic metroidvania.

HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME looks like a glorious follow-up to HUNTDOWN from 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Easy Trigger Games and Coffee Stain Publishing just revealed HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME, a prequel to the original popular action-packed HUNTDOWN from 2021.

Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system

By Liam Dawe,
Love classic Sonic games and other similar platformers? The Surge Engine and the included Surge the Rabbit game are great open source projects.

Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

By Liam Dawe,
Run, jump and flip gravity in the narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL when it releases February 19th. The atmosphere in this looks simply awesome.

Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers

By Liam Dawe,
Remember how the original Mortal Kombat used live-action sprites for characters? Now imagine if someone stuck that style into a modernised action platformer.

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor

By Liam Dawe,
Sprint City has been revealed by the original creators of SpeedRunners, a new movement-focused racing platformer that looks and sounds great.

Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry just revealed some huge news for both Hollow Knight: Silksong and the original Hollow Knight with some free extras on the way.

After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Terminator 2D: NO FATE from Bitmap Bureau / Reef Entertainment has released today to give you some retro themed action-platformer goodness.

Piece by Piece is a sweet looking puzzle platformer where you literally connect pieces to progress

By Liam Dawe,
This looks absolutely wonderful! A puzzle platformer that takes things quite literally with you running, jumping and building your path from puzzle pieces.

Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior shows off a new prototype trailer of the heavy metal platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Chaosmonger Studio continue working on Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior a retro-styled heavy metal platformer in partnership with the band Voivod.

Need a new local co-op game? Puzzle platformer Tentacle Tango looks great and challenging

By Liam Dawe,
Starving for more local co-op games to play with a partner? Tentacle Tango could be what you need and it looks really fun.

A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
Memes, you gotta love 'em right? Question Hound from This Is Fine is getting a metroidvania platformer video game with This Is Fine: Maximum Cope.

Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster is coming to Steam with more upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster originally launched as an exclusive to GOG, but that's not going to last with a newer edition announced and a Steam release.
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