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Grow Home and Grow Up from Atari added to the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Both originally from Ubisoft before being acquired by Atari back in 2025, Grow Home and Grow Up are now on GOG in the GOG Preservation Program.

Classic 90s platformer Moon Child gets the source code released and a modern port

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Moon Child has a bit of a colourful history starting off as an Amiga game that never released, and eventually saw a limited PC release but it has returned.
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The absolute classic Cave Story+ has a huge free upgrade on PC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Cave Story+ is a true classic and the developers have given the PC release an absolutely massive upgrade with tons new for the game including 2-player.

OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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 Squires-Hand,
Sprint City is a new Early Access release from the original creators of SpeedRunners, a shared-world competitive 2D platformer with explosive speed.

Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 5 brings many more bug fixes and improved translations

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