Tinykin offers a combat-free platforming experience with adorable creatures to solve tricky traversal puzzles creatively. Outland merges bullet hell mechanics with Metroidvania elements, requiring ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

The newest Nintendo Switch title, “Super Mario Bros Wonder,” released worldwide on Oct. 20, is the first fully original 2D Mario game in over a decade. In a year of hotly anticipated game releases, ...

Hot on the heels of the gaming industry's recently released greatest hits comes "Rayman Legends" by developer Ubisoft Montpellier. Going strong since 1995, the Rayman franchise has hit its apex with ...

2D platformer Shovel Knight is slated for release on PC, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U later this year. The game is developed by a team of ex-WayForward staff, and is inspired by three games in ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nothing beats the thrill of completing a challenging platformer, and while we've been spoiled for choice lately, you can put your skills to the test ...

In the previous two posts in this series (part 1 and part 2), we’ve seen how to create a basic 2D platformer using Unity. So far we have a character who responds to keyboard input and touch controls, ...