For every era and generation of gaming that has come and gone, platformers have always been there at the forefront — shaping childhoods, genres, and entire consoles. 2D platformers offered tight ...

These five modern platforms feature some the best movement in the genre, offering satisfying gameplay with each step and jump ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

Ubisoft has announced Rayman Legends Retold, a remake of the fantastic 2013 platformer Rayman Legends with a whizzbang suite ...

When looking at gaming history, some of the most iconic characters hail from the platforming genre. Mario, Sonic, and the Belmonts are just a handful of examples. No matter how old you are, the ...

Jason Wojnar started his gaming life with the original PlayStation and the Commodore 64, despite being way too young to know what the was. He started writing about video games in 2018 and hasn't ...

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book shows that Nintendo is at its best when it’s trying something new. is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game.

Daniel Trock is a Writer at DualShockers specializing in PC games, lists, and reviews. He has been writing professionally since 2018 and covering games since 2020, with previous work spanning guides, ...

Ethan Krieger is an Editor at DualShockers, where he covers reviews, guides, lists, features, previews, interviews, and gaming news. He began writing professionally in 2017 as a sports writer before ...

A slightly more polished look is found in two games for the price of one.

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series systems have been home to thousands of new games, in every genre, in the four years since their launch. Chief among these, despite its perception as an outdated genre ...

People usually associate platformers with gaming consoles. After all, platforming icons like Mario and Sonic became famous on consoles. However, the PC is still a valid place to play platform games.