Platformer

He compares source code to sheet music for a piano sonata: it's not necessary for the work to be enjoyed, but to a pianist, or composer arranging the piece for multiple instruments, it has value. More >

Nintendo is to announce a new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U at E3 in June. More >

Since the game launched on Friday users have reported a range of issues, including corrupted save files, freezes, slowdown and, in some cases, the game failing to boot at all. In a post on the Polytron blog, programmer Renaud Bédard apologises and assures users that a patch is on the way. More >

The Guildford-based studio unveiled the project at last weekend's PAX East conference in Boston. Speaking to Gamasutra, Hello Games MD Sean Murray said that, far from being a shoe-horned port, the game had been built from the ground up for its target platform. More >

Here's our first look at Junction Point's upcoming spiritual sequel to Mega Drive classic Castle Of Illusion, in which players use the 3DS stylus to draw objects on the bottom screen and place them in the world above. More >

Created as part of Sony's PlayStation C.A.M.P. (Creator Audition Mash-up Project!) initiative, which allows Japanese gamers to submit their ideas for possible development, Tokyo Jungle sees the city free of humans and overrun by oddly dressed, pugnacious animals. More >

Team Meat has announced Super Meat Boy: The Game for iOS and other, unspecified touchscreen devices. A post on the studio's blog reveals that Tommy Refenes and Edmund McMillen have canned plans for a direct port of their punishingly difficult 2010 XBLA and PC platformer. Instead, they have developed an all-new game from the ground up for mobile devices. More >

Prince Of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has pledged to release the original source code for his groundbreaking Apple II platformer after his father found it in the back of a cupboard. Writing on his blog, Mechner explains that he had presumed the game's source code lost for ever until his father sent over a box full of games he had found in the back of a closet - which included three 3.5" discs containing the code. More >

Long-awaited XBLA platformer Fez will finally be released on April 13 for 800 Microsoft Points, developer Polytron has confirmed. More >

Temple Run, Imangi Studios' running game that has been downloaded more than 45 million times on iOS, is now available for Android. The Washington-based studio confirms in a press release that Temple Run is available now as a free download from Google Play, the new name for Google's download store following a thorough rebranding of its online services including Android Market. More >

Reports suggest that the forthcoming Epic Mickey game for 3DS, Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, will be a sequel to the Megadrive Sega classic, Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. More >