Stylish 3D runner Never Yield is free on the Epic Games Store this week
Another Thursday, another Epic Games Store freebie to add to your ever-growing backlog, this time in the form of stylish 3D side-scroller Never Yield.
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Spelunky studio's long-awaited 8-bit game anthology UFO 50 due "second half" of 2024
It's been a long old wait for UFO 50 — the 50-strong anthology of 8-bit-inspired games from Spelunky creator Derek Yu's Mossmouth studio — but as the seventh anniversary of its announcement approaches this August, Yu has revealed the promising project is currently on track to release in the second half of this year.
The Simpsons' Mario Kart parody is the closest we've got to a Hit & Run sequel
We're now 20 years on from the release of The Simpsons: Hit & Run and we're still without a sequel. That said, we now have a nightmarish glimpse into what could have been, perhaps, with a Mario Kart parody sequence in the latest episode of the animated series.
Japanese folklore Metroidvania Bō: Path of The Teal Lotus gets release date
Bō: Path of The Teal Lotus, the upcoming Metroidvania inspired by Japanese folklore, now has a release date.
LittleBigPlanet Hub footage leaks online
Footage of what's claimed to be an «internal demo» of LittleBigPlanet Hub – the free-to-play PS3 exclusive announced initially, and expected to be released, in 2013 – has popped up online.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown getting free new content and modes "soon"
Ubisoft has teased its future plans for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, saying the acclaimed Metroidvania will be getting new content and modes in free updates starting «soon».
Interactive documentary Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story arrives next month
To borrow from Game of Thrones, Minter is coming (please read that in Ned Stark's voice). Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story — an interactive documentary experience for PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch — will release next month, on 13th March.
Hi-Fi Rush will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 - report
Hi-Fi Rush will skip the current Nintendo Switch and instead arrive on the console's currently-unannounced successor. That's according to a report from Insider Gaming, which states that the absence of a Switch version of the game in yesterday's Xbox multi-platform announcement was due to it launching on Nintendo Switch 2 instead.