Tag: Shadow Labyrinth
Review Shadow Labyrinth (PS5) - Pac-Man Meets Metroid in Strange Offshoot That Almost Works
Maze runner
Pac-Man has always been at home within mazes full of enemies trying to kill you, so the move to a Metroidvania doesn't feel like that big of a leap. Having said that, Shadow Labyrinth takes Bandai Namco's 45-year-old mascot in a wild new direction, placing him in a dark, sci-fi world that the casual onlooker may not realise is related to...
News PS5's Shadow Labyrinth Reveals More Familiar Pac-Man Mazes, and They Still Look Crazy
Ghosted
Bandai Namco's latest Pac-Man game doesn't even have Pac-Man in the title, so it's no surprise that Shadow Labyrinth is a very different interpretation of the classic arcade series. However, a new gameplay trailer for the side-scrolling action title unveils stages that'll look much more familiar to fans of the classics. It seems that, at...
News Pac-Man Goes Dark in Shadow Labyrinth, Out on PS5 This Summer
Pucked up
Shadow Labyrinth, a Pac-Man spin-off game in a very different style, has just had its release date announced with a new trailer. The side-scrolling Metroidvania will arrive on PS5 on 18th July, 2025. Set in a dark sci-fi world, your character is accompanied by the mysterious Puck, a yellow sphere with a mission of their own. At certain...
News Shadow Labyrinth Makes Pac-Man a 2D Action Platformer on PS5
You need to see this to believe it
Of all the shocks and surprises at The Game Awards, Shadow Labyrinth may just be the most unusual of them all. It’s a side-scrolling action platformer in a similar style to something like, say, Dead Cells – except it’s inexplicably also a Pac-Man game. Here’s the press release overview: “As Swordsman No...
