1981's Donkey Kong is widely regarded as the first platformer in gaming history. Letting your playable character jump over obstacles seems commonplace today, but forty years ago, it was a ...

Ten years later, the virtually endless N++ gets a multiplayer-centric follow-up.

The 1990s was a great time for fans of platformers, thanks in large part to these classic series that all pushed the genre ...

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Many modern action-platformers aspire to blend old-school ideas with new-school sensibilities, but few achieve the balance of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It retains the pick-up-and-play accessibility and ...

The next game from the studio is called N Plus Infinity Times Two, and it's coming to PS5 in 2027: As with all the games in the N series, this new entry is a 2D, momentum-based platformer with some of ...

Hop, blast, and grind your way through these PS5 platformers that are so good and addictive that they've earned the title of masterpiece. From typical mascot platformers like Astro Bot to more ...

3D Platformers used to be on top of the gaming world with everyone in the publishing space looking to have their own mascot platforming game. Because of this, there is a wealth of retro and obscure 3D ...

The Xbox 360 is much better known for its shooters than traditional platforming games. By this point in time, most developers had moved away from the genre, but that doesn’t mean it completely went ...

The Xbox One is home to a lot of excellent games, but some draw from genres that were popular in years gone by. Here are the ten best platformers on Xbox One. Cuphead was released in 2017 on Xbox One ...