Axiom Verge
•Initial Release: Mar 31, 2015
•ESRB: Everyone 10+ •Nintendo Switch Xbox One Wii U PlayStation Vita +2
IGN Rating
7.7
198 Ratings
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11 hrs
Main Story
14 hrs
Story + Sides
18 hrs
Everything
13 hrs
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Axiom Verge isn’t a perfect homage to Metroid, but we still enjoyed our time in this strange, familiar world.
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Axiom Verge is a retro-styled 2D action game focused on unusual weaponry and exploration of an maze-like, infested world.
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ESRB: Everyone 10+ Mild Language, Fantasy Violence
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Mar 31, 2015
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Axiom Verge: Making-Of Documentary
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May 25, 2021
Axiom Verge: Making-Of DocumentaryMay 25, 2021 - Here's the full-length making-of documentary for Axiom Verge, the critically-acclaimed Metroidvania. The full documentary is available for free on IGN courtesy of Tom Happ, Dan Adelman, and 2 Player Productions.
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Axiom Verge 2 Delayed Again, but Here's a Full Making-Of Documentary, For Free
May 25, 2021
Axiom Verge 2 Delayed Again, but Here's a Full Making-Of Documentary, For FreeMay 25, 2021 - Axiom Verge 2 has been delayed again, until later this year.
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The Best Metroidvanias Games (That Aren't Metroid or Castlevania)
Mar 31, 2021
The Best Metroidvanias Games (That Aren't Metroid or Castlevania)Mar 31, 2021 - The best of both series, but not from those series.
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Axiom Verge Developers React to 25 Minute (TAS) Speedrun
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Feb 20, 2021
Axiom Verge Developers React to 25 Minute (TAS) SpeedrunFeb 20, 2021 - Ride along with Axiom Verge's sole creator Tom Happ as he watches and reacts to an incredible Tool-Assissted Speedrun alongside "business guy" Dan Adelman.
Check out more from the TAS author Kilaye here:
https://www.twitch.tv/kilaye
https://twitter.com/KilayeJV
https://www.youtube.com/user/KilayeFr
A Tool-assisted speedrun is exactly how it sounds. Instead of a human player speedrunning through a game, it's instead a program that's had exact frame-perfect moves inputted into it to give a theoretical perfect speedrun. Most strategies used in a TAS speedrun are not humanly possible as they require insane precision and even rapid-fire button presses that no human could replicate. But while a TAS speedrun isn't humanly possible, the program's author is still required to have deep knowledge of the game's mechanics to program the script in a way to pull off the insane speedrun.
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling Metroidvania that was created by indie developer Thomas Happ. It was released back in 2015 for PlayStation 4, and eventually made its way to all platforms. In 2019, Thomas Happ revealed that Axiom Verge 2 is on the way with a slated 2020 release date, which was eventually delayed to the first half of 2021.
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Axiom Verge Gets Its First Free Update Six Years After Release
Jan 14, 2021
Axiom Verge Gets Its First Free Update Six Years After ReleaseJan 14, 2021 - A Randomizer Mode is available now on PC.
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Axiom Verge 2 Delayed Until 2021
Oct 13, 2020
Axiom Verge 2 Delayed Until 2021Oct 13, 2020 - Axiom Verge 2 has been pushed from its Fall 2020 release window.
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Nintendo Highlights 16 Games Coming to Nintendo Switch
Dec 10, 2019
Nintendo Highlights 16 Games Coming to Nintendo SwitchDec 10, 2019 - Golf Story and Axiom Verge sequels plus much more.
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Axiom Verge 2 Announced
Dec 10, 2019
Axiom Verge 2 AnnouncedDec 10, 2019 - A sequel years in the making.
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Nintendo Confirms Games Coming in 2019
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Feb 8, 2019
Nintendo Confirms Games Coming in 2019Feb 8, 2019 - In today's Fix: Nintendo announces unreleased games coming in 2019, former Telltale devs form a new studio, and a new Child's Play trailer. Presented by The Prodigy. In theaters February 8th.
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