Fallen Tear: The Ascension is one of the year’s most ambitious Metroidvanias. After spending time in Early Access, the game’s ...

Metroid? Castlevania? Why not both? And thus, the metroidvania genre was born. But what exactly is a metroidvania? It’s kinda like if you turned Mario from Super Nintendo into a gorgeous vampire and ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Eric Warner is a contributor at DualShockers with over seven years of journalism and multimedia production experience across print, online, radio, audio, and video publications. He has been writing ...

Metroidvanias have become one of the most exciting genres in gaming, but their rise did not happen overnight. While they have always thrived on core pillars like exploration, combat, and puzzles, it ...

Stylish combat is one aspect of a Metroidvania’s gameplay that can make it incredibly appealing, with games like Hollow Knight excelling at this. The best Metroidvania series of all time tend to blend ...

New dev team Wych Elm brought its very first game to consoles. Come see how it fared in our official Silver Pines PS5 Review!

Samus Aran kneels on one knee in front of her spaceship in "Metroid Prime 4: Beyond" (2025) - Nintendo Nintendo's "Metroid" franchise has been a staple for the company since 1986, putting out sci-fi ...

Dead Cells launched in 2018, and almost immediately rose to fame thanks to its fast-paced, challenging combat and excellent exploration and platforming mechanics. In Dead Cells, you possess a body to ...

All thanks to the template set by Metroidand Castlevania, two of the greatest and most iconic video game franchises in history, the Metroidvania genre was born. These aren't just any kind of ...