The Merlies, launching September 29 on PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch, strips combat from the Metroidvania genre and replaces ...

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Happy birthday, Metroid. Now let's all celebrate by forgetting the term "metroidvania" as thoroughly as we've all forgotten ...

Already, players have noticed that protagonist Rose Belmont in Belmont’s Curse has access to tools both familiar and new to ...

Aeterna Lucis, the metroidvania sequel to Aeterna Noctis, launches December 3, 2026 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo ...

The Castlevania series established a gaming genre tied the most to dark or atmospheric settings, a theme that one title ...

Check out the Launch Trailer for Magical Blush, a top-down magic-based action Metroidvania developed by Alkacer Game Studio.

The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the ...

Between bad concepts and inadequate executions, the Metroidvania genre is full of examples of how not to do a boss fight.

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The new Castlevania game succeeds in being both familiar and fresh, and it's easily the prettiest title I saw at Gamescom ...

It's been a year since one of the best metroidvania games of all time was released, and fans are still completely in the dark ...