Dann Sullivan

Ask anyone on the website about a specific platforming series from a certain French publisher which relaunched onto the scenes in 2011 and they’ll tell you not to mention it by name without ear-plugs in.

Valhalla, where good (read: adept) Vikings spend their afterlife having lived a full life of a Norse nomad. The problem, for the Vikings of Valhalla Hills, is that they’ve just not been good enough. T

Mugen Souls; a Japanese RPG released on PS3 in 2012, ported to PC in 2015; a game of mechanics, but not systems; a high level of quality, offset by some uncomfortable design and writing.

Void 21 is a story about the time you were a junior pilot checking out different ship combinations - and you actually spent more time crashing into things while swearing loudly about windmills and levitating cubes.

Hue is a puzzle platform title which plays with colour and perception to build a unique and clean gaming experience telling the story of a boy trying to find his mother.

You play a mage with a wicked selection of elemental skills navigating an isometric, blocky world to destroy a bunch of giant mushrooms - whoa.

Arcade Arena Shooter with modular ship parts to collect mid battle - think Lego meets Asteroids as a space shooter.

It's a very stylish looking platformer with box and light puzzles used to fight off the shadows.

You play with a projectile flinging monkey exploring an aztec ruin. Catchy music and pixel-perfect graphics within.

It's a side on shooter in a cutesy, pixel visual style. The visual style actually works really well with the inevitably brightly-coloured, bullet-hell bul