Limbo was released when indie platformers were stuck in an unsubtle age of big metaphors, all being explored by sad boys who must travel to the right. But the spider works even if it isn't a metaphor.

Arnt Jensen, PlayDead’s founder and game director, couldn’t pinpoint the moment Limbo’s spider appeared in his sketchbook any more than he could date-stamp the onset of his arachnophobia.

Beauty through simplicity: It works in life, and it works in video games. "Limbo" is a peek back to kinder, gentler times when video games didn't rely on fancy graphics and elaborate narratives to ...

Not long after, you also learn to fear the giant spider that stalks you and the "others," young boys just like your own avatar that are stuck in this world — this limbo. But the game makes you ...

Limbo, the evocative puzzle-platform-existential-horror game that made such a smash on Xbox Live Arcade back in 2010, has finally come to the iPad. Here's our review of Limbo for iPad & iPhone ...

Limbo, the game, is special in that while it does not wholly depict that mysterious dimension as my mind did, it captures its essence. You are a boy who wakes up in a lonely world made up only of ...

Limbo, the word in the title, does not refer only to the physical world the game takes place in. It refers to the metaphorical state that the boy's development takes him through.

Limbo is a beautifully designed masterpiece of a platform game, that will chill, challenge and charm in equal measure. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every ...

Some intriguing particles of information have emerged on Playdead's next project, their follow-up to 2010's spider-addled, indie-smash platformer Limbo. The game was listed on the Danish Film ...