GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Metroid Dread, the direct sequel to Metroid Fusion, releases on October 8. Ahead of the launch date, multiple publications have issued their reviews, ...

Since this franchise title makes up one half of the inspiration for the genre term “metroidvania,” you probably already know what a typical 2D Metroid game looks like, but I’ll break it down anyway.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In the nearly two decades since the release of the last original side-scrolling entry in the Metroid franchise, the genre that the series pioneered ...

For years it was little more than a rumor, but Metroid Dread is finally here -- and it's worth the wait. Metroid Dread is one of the best action games of 2021, and the final chapter in a story that ...