As strange as it is, I was really on board for Shadow Labyrinth. I try to maintain a why not policy when it comes to games, so when someone asks, “Why would Bandai Namco make an ultra-dark ...

Boss fights in Shadow Labyrinth swing between "oops, that was easy" and "send help, I haven’t blinked in an hour" and Orange G-HOST: Garbage Talos lands somewhere gloriously in the middle. In this ...

At The Game Awards, Bandai Namco announced a new, darker take on Pac-Man with Shadow Labyrinth, an action-platformer that inherits aspects of the franchise while taking it in a new direction. If you ...

The trailer shows the playable character emerging from a pod while a Pac-Man like creature follows them around. It’s a Metroidvania in which you defeat enemies and bosses, as well as navigate in a ...

In the farthest reaches of Thanatos Valley in Shadow Labyrinth, PUCK and Number 8 stumble across the region's apex predator - Dionechidna. This ferocious plant-based beast wields devastating poison ...

Remember Secret Level, that Amazon Prime miniseries of short films inspired by popular video games? You know the episode that recast Pac-Man as a marooned warrior abducting strangers to help it fight ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Shadow Labyrinth is an enigma. It should be simple enough to describe: It's a "2D action exploration & combat platformer," or "2DAECP"--which is ...

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic Pac-Man. Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic ...

It has taken about six months to comprehend the plot of Shadow Labyrinth, but it's finally starting to sink in. It's a totally different take on Pac-Man, one that takes players into a new genre. It's ...

45 years after the release of Pac-Man, Bandai Namco is finally answering the age-old question: “How would it play as a 2D Metroidvania?” Surely you’ve all been wondering that, right? Well, ask no more ...