I got to spend four hours playing Donkey Kong Bananza last week and whilst you can read my full hands-on preview here, it’s the 2D side-scrolling levels that I really wanted to call out. Whilst we’d ...

Set against the backdrop of new and bigger-than-ever Norse-inspired worlds, Volgarr the Viking II ups the ante on the original’s hardcore 2D side-scrolling action in an expanded odyssey where every ...

I didn’t expect one of the best low-key rivalries in gaming to make a comeback in 2025, but here we are. Both Sega’s Shinobi and Koei Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden are getting 2D retro revivals this year, they ...