We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are a lot of neat new games for you to check out this weekend ...

Polygon Nintendo Direct Game reveals, trailers, and what’s next from the house that Mario built. Get more news→ 2D sprites moving in a 3D plane has been the hot new trend for Japanese roleplaying ...

Nidhogg developer Messhof has announced Blood Dungeon, a 2D platforming survival game due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in the late summer. A demo is available now for PC. “I ...

Publisher LightWitch and developer Blue Lily have announced Moonlight Pale, a 2D hand-drawn style survival horror game set in a late 1800s female seminary. It will launch for PC via Steam in Q4 2026 / ...

Use Spring MVC MultipartFile, Java Path APIs and the browser fetch API to upload files asynchronously and save them safely on the server. Follow the essential steps to download Java 21, configure ...

Do you love Metroidvanias? Do you like Doom? Are 2D platformers right up your street? Then say hello to Doomblade, this week's free PC game on the Epic Games Store, an award-winning 2D extravaganza ...

Diffusing oxygen into 2D materials can improve adhesion properties. Channel-last processes can preserve most of the traditional gate-all-around process flow. Dual-gate MoS 2 FETs with graphene ...

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...

The full set of Erdrick's armor is tucked away in the first game. Now that the game is finally out, I thought it would be helpful to list and explain some of the post game secrets tucked away in ...

What are the best 2D Mario games? We rank every side-scrolling platformer in the Nintendo mascot's history. Super Mario’s 40-year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little ...

Though the genre has since exploded, 2D platforming arguably owes its start to Super Mario. And even though it’s been 40 years since the first game came out, few 2D platformers have risen to the level ...