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Tuesday30th Jan 2024
News Indie Hit Celeste Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Free N64-Style 3D Platformer
It's officially titled 'Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain'
You know how Celeste is currently celebrating its 6th anniversary and the official social media account said it was cooking up something small but cool? Well, it's now been officially revealed as Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain. It's a computer game that allows fans to "relive the...
Friday26th Jan 2024
News Celeste Devs Making "Something Small But Cool" For 6th Anniversary
"We just need a bit more time to sprinkle that extra love on it"
Celeste, the challenging platformer focused on mental health and overcoming the odds to climb a mountain, celebrated its 6th anniversary yesterday, 25th January 2024. And it sounds like we've got something to look forward to. The official Celeste Twitter teased a little something...
Wednesday25th Jan 2023
News Celeste Gets Beautiful New Collector's Edition For Fifth Anniversary
Open for pre-order now
Celeste turns five years old today, and in celebration of the platformer being old enough to go to school, the developers have announced a totally new collector's edition of the game. Here are the contents of the anniversary edition, which can be pre-ordered through Fangamer for $64: Reflection Art Album and Journal...
Tuesday6th Sep 2022
News Pixel Art Metroidvania 'Lucid' Is A Stunning Homage To Celeste And Metroid
Coming to Switch in 2024
Publisher Apogee Entertainment has announced a brand new 2D platforming adventure called LUCID that it has described as a 'Celestoidvania' (we're not sure what to make of that particular moniker!), combining the excellent gameplay mechanics of Celeste with the exploration and non-linearity of Metroid and Castlevania. Coming...
Wednesday26th Jan 2022
Random This Fan-Made SNES Hack Combines Celeste With Super Mario
It's also Celeste's 4th birthday!
Remember the Super Mario Maker craze, when a bunch of masochistic platforming-obsessed players would show off their near-impossible levels? And then, just days later, some even more masochistic platforming-obsessed player would post a video of themselves beating it? Well, now you can relive those glory days with...
Tuesday26th Jan 2021
News Celeste Devs Release Retro Celeste Mini-Sequel To Celebrate The Game's Third Anniversary
Happy birthday, Celeste!
Celeste is a beautiful, heart-wrenching platformer that takes skill, patience, and wrists that won't quit on you. It's hard, but that's kind of the point - it wants to teach you a lesson about never giving up, even when you don't believe in yourself. Celeste Classic 2 is a free PICO-8 platformer in a similar style, made...
Monday11th Jan 2021
Random Watch Someone Speedrun Celeste Using A Dance Pad
Speeddancing, more like
Celeste is a challenging platforming game that will make your thumbs bleed and your brain ache, but apparently that's because we've all been playing it wrong: we should have been playing with our feet. During last week's Awesome Games Done Quick stream, speedrunner PeekingBoo performed a 14:41 speedrun of Celeste's C-Side...
Monday11th May 2020
News Switch Online Subscribers Will Soon Get To Play Celeste For Free In Japan
And yes, there's a western workaround
Starting from next week, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers in Japan will be able to enjoy Celeste - in its entirety - at no extra charge. The game is the latest to be offered up in a string of free, limited-time releases available to subscribers, which has already included the likes of Fire Emblem Warriors and
Saturday21st Sep 2019
News Forget About A Celeste Sequel, It Probably Won't Happen
"we really don't want to make a sequel"
Earlier this month, Celeste received its long-awaited farewell update, adding an extra chapter featuring more than 100 new levels, over 40 minutes of new music, and new mechanics and items. With the update for this highly-praised action platformer now out in the wild, you're probably wondering about a possible...
Tuesday10th Sep 2019
News Say Goodbye To Celeste With The Free Farewell Update Now Available On Switch
More than 100 new levels to climb
The free farewell update for the highly-praised indie platformer Celeste is now available on the Nintendo Switch. It includes more than 100 levels, over 40 minutes of new music and various new mechanics and items. Here's an announcement from the Nintendo of America Twitter account: If you haven't already played...
Monday1st Jul 2019
News Celeste Creator Matt Thorson Shares Series Of Super Mario Maker 2 Levels
Here's how to play them yourself
A few days have passed since Super Mario Maker 2 burst onto the scene and the courses are flying in from every direction. One such direction is Matt Thorson, creator of the wonderful Celeste, who has shared a selection of levels that he's designed for other players to try out. He's been sharing them in a Twitter...
Sunday2nd Jun 2019
News Celeste's Free DLC Update Will Contain More Than 100 Challenging Levels
Prepare to suffer
The uphill indie platformer Celeste will soon grow in size, with the creator Matt Thorson - on behalf of the team at Matt Makes Games - revealing the free ninth chapter DLC will include more than 100 levels. The current game already has more than 700 levels in it and the next chapter is expected to ramp up the difficulty yet...
Friday12th Apr 2019
Random Celeste Mod Featuring Kirby As The Star Shared Online, Called 'Ingeste'
Well, this makes things easier
If you love the platforming antics of Celeste, and also happen to love Nintendo's loveable joyball Kirby, then you're almost guaranteed to get enjoyment out of this fan-made project. A team of modders have taken the original Celeste release - a prototype that formed the basis of the full thing we know and love today -...
Thursday14th Mar 2019
News Nintendo Labo, Pokémon, Smash Bros. And More Receive BAFTA Games Awards 2019 Nominations
Here's the full list
The BAFTA Games Awards 2019 will be taking place next month, celebrating some of the best titles to grace our screens over the past few months. There are several Nintendo games up for awards this year, so let's take look through the full list. Nintendo's recent major players are correct and present as you'd expect, with...
Monday14th Jan 2019
News Celeste Creator Matt Thorson Shares New Information About Upcoming DLC
Don't expect any strawberries
The challenging uphill platform game Celeste was one of the indie standouts of 2018. It received multiple awards and the creator Matt Thorson followed this by announcing farewell levels for the title would arrive early on in 2019. Now that the new year is underway, Thorson has posted yet another tweet about this DLC...
Friday28th Dec 2018
News Check Out The Celeste Collector's Edition, Pre-Orders Begin Next Tuesday
Iconoclasts physical release also on the way
Earlier this month during the ''Kinda Funny Video Game Showcase' on Twitch, Limited Run announced a physical edition for Celeste would be available to pre-order from 1st January onward. In the latest update, Limited Run has now revealed the Collector's Edit
Saturday22nd Dec 2018
News Indie Hit Celeste Sold Over 500,000 Copies In 2018
Farewell levels arriving early next year
After being recognised as the indie title of the year at the 2018 Game Awards, Celeste by Matt Makes Games has now sold over 500,000 copies in 2018. This is the first major sales milestone for the retro-inspired indie platformer since it arrived at the start of the year. Although the Switch version was
Sunday9th Dec 2018
News Limited Run Games Releasing Physical Editions Of Celeste And Windjammers
Pre-order soon
During the 'Kinda Funny Video Game Showcase' on Twitch, Limited Run announced physical editions for the indie game of the year Celeste and the retro hit Windjammers. Windjammers, developed by DotEmu, will be available to pre-order from LRG website on 21st December and Celeste by Matt Makes Games can be secured from 1st
Friday7th Dec 2018
News Here Are The Game Awards 2018 Winners For Nintendo Switch
Celeste and Overcooked 2 walk away with awards
We hope you were able to join us during our live-stream of The Game Awards last night. If you had to miss it, for reasons such as your beauty sleep, fear not – we've got a lovely round-up of all the winners for you below, along with the nominated games for each category so you can tell us they were...
News Celebrate The Game Awards With These Switch eShop Deals (North America)
Up to 50 percent off
If you happen to live in North America, you're in for a treat. In celebration of The Game Awards, Nintendo is offering up to 50 percent off the eShop versions of all nominated games and has also reduced the prices on a few other games that were previously nominated. Nintendo's Super Mario Odyssey is 30 percent off its regular...
Tuesday4th Dec 2018
News Celeste Gets New "Harder Or Weirder" Mode On PC, Will Come To Switch In The Future
An "anti-assist mode"
Retro-inspired platformer Celeste has just received a brand new mode on PC called 'Variants'. While not currently available on Switch, this update is also planned to hit console versions of the game "in the future". The mode has been introduced on both Itch and Steam as part of the game's v1.2.5.0 update; according to the...
Wednesday14th Nov 2018
News Switch Nindies Nominated Across Multiple Categories At The Game Awards
Will Celeste be the best?
It's that time of year again where you can now vote for your favourite games. Yes, this year's Game Awards have arrived. Once again, Nintendo releases dominate the family category along with Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Team 17's Overcooked 2. Square Enix's Switch exclusive
Tuesday6th Nov 2018
News Celeste Creator Teases Work In Progress
What could it be?
We absolutely adored the action-platformer Celeste when it arrived on the Switch eShop at the start of this year, so we're glad to hear more content for the game could potentially be on the way. According to GoNintendo, Celeste creator Matt Thorson has teased new content for the title. As can be seen below, the tweet clarifies the...
Monday8th Oct 2018
Exclusive Treat Your Ears To A Sneak Peek Of Prescription For Sleep: Celeste, A Lullaby Album
Featuring tracks from the game
As the next part of its Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies series, Scarlet Moon Records has revealed 'Prescription for Sleep: Celeste' - an album of lullaby-style renditions based on the game's soundtrack. To celebrate, we're happy to exclusively share a preview of one of the album's tracks, 'Madeline and...
Wednesday21st Mar 2018
News SteamWorld Dig 2 And Stardew Valley Are Some Of The Best Selling Indie Games On Switch
Celeste, Kamiko and Golf Story also performed well
As part of a press briefing at GDC 2018 - where it was also revealed that the Nintendo Switch eShop will receive an update to improve game visibility - Nintendo revealed the top ten selling indie games, and it's a who's who of independently-developed hits. Here's the list (in no particular order):...
Thursday1st Mar 2018
News Nintendo Power Podcast Episode 3 Is Now Available for Streaming
Celeste gets the spotlight
The Nintendo Power Podcast was a lovely Christmas gift to receive from the company, starting a tradition of bringing eager fans an in-depth discussion of the hottest things happening with Nintendo once every month. Last month’s episode was focused around the recent unveiling of Nintendo Labo, and now the third episode is...
Thursday25th Jan 2018
Nintendo Download 25th January (Europe)
Fill your digital boots with every new game hitting the EU eShop
It's Thursday, and that can only mean one thing: new stuff on the eShop day! Yes, it's time for this week's Nintendo Download and we've got a cavalcade of digital treats ready for serving on your Nintendo platform of choice. We've scoured the eShops for you and listed every new entry,...
Nintendo Download 25th January (North America)
All the games, DLC, demos and deals coming to the North American eShop
Another week and another batch digital delights are winging their way down the pipes to the North American eShops. Whether you're a Switch kid or an advocate for all things 3DS, this weeks menu is packed with tasty dishes for every kind of palette. We've got retro helicopter...
