Metroidvania games have massive potential for deep, immersive experiences. At PAX East, the panel “A Platform for Adventure: Metroidvania Game Makers Round Table” talks about this dynamic ...

One such genre that has steadily taken form is that of the Metroidvania, which is named after two early games that helped build the genre of action-packed side-scrollers. There is a wide world of ...

The world changes every time you play, so you never see the exact same layout ... in the Metroidvania genre. It puts you in control of a small, silent knight exploring a huge underground world. The ...

The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists. By ...

The current king of the Metroidvania genre is far and away Hollow Knight. This humble Kickstarter game won fans over with its amazing art direction, world, character design, and most importantly ...

In Chronicles of the Wolf, players step into the role of Mateo Lombardo, a young apprentice destined to become the True Knight of the Rose Cross Order. Tasked with hunting the mythical Beast of ...

There's a certain degree of predictability to the metroidvania genre. The opening area is the part where the story takes a moment to emphasise how alone I am, and then makes me do a bit of vanilla ...

The first Metroidvania I have to talk about is Prince ... adding screenshots to mark locations on the map. As much as I play Metroidvanias, I’m notorious for forgetting things, so this feature ...

Journey to the Savage Planet is a 2020 first-person Metroidvania that sold pretty well and was absolutely fantastic if you played it, but strangely there’s a really high chance you’ve never ...