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Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation Genre: 2D dodge 'em up Have you ever played a 2D shoot-em-up like R-Type, but you avoided everything that came in your way instead of blasting the problem directly? No? Well, you'll get a huge-yet-short serving of that with developer Digital Kingdom and publisher Thunderful ...
It's the year 2022, but somehow or other people still want to make games for a classic 16-bit console that's hard to find these days. The latest? Yuzo Koshiro. The composer, who is known for making awesome music for Revenge of Shinobi and the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle series back in the 90s for the 16-bit era of gaming, is making a new Megadr...
The Knight Witch is out right now for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. If you love 2D shmups and search action game hybrids, you'll find a lot to love about this new title from developer Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team. What you won't like is the game's difficulty; it's pretty tough and requires your diligence in memorizing bullet hell ...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Genre: Metroidvania bullet hell shmup If you think the whimsical art style and cheery folksy intro music of Team 17 and Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team's latest 2D search action shmup hybrid game The Knight Witch equals an easy game, think again. Wic...
The upcoming 2D dodge-em-up game Swordship is reminiscent of a 2D shmup, but you don't fire bullets. Rather, you dodge things and obstacles coming at you and from all sides as you're speeding in your titular Swordship on the sea. Developer Digital Kingdom and publisher Thunderful has unleashed a developer commentary video talking about the game'...
Not content with being completely final with its 2D shmup entry, the R-Type series is getting a revamped version of R-Type Final 2 for next gen consoles. Made by Granzella, R-Type Final 3 Evolved (which is not a sequel mind you) will be out for PlayStation 5 in March 2023 (via a Famitsu leak covered by Ryokutya2089). This new version of R-Type F...
Team Ladybug, the folks behind the lovely 2021 search action title Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, just surprise-launched a nifty 2D shmup called Drainus. It's a short but very action-packed shmup with a nifty counter and bullet reflecting mechanic. If you love 2D pixel art, explosions, and going left to right shooting things to ...
Last year's Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth won critics over with its lovely 2D art style and search action Metroidvania style gameplay. It was a tad short, but it was still highly entertaining, at least in my perspective. So it's great to know that its developer, Team Ladybug, has announced a new promising game. It's a 2D shmu...
Retro gaming fans: you're getting a new Cotton game. 2D shmup title Cotton Fantasy (or Cotton Rock 'n' Roll in Japan) will launch for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on 20th May according to publisher ININ Games. The upcoming English version will feature new playable characters with different mechanics and attacks, 16 colourful stages, and onl...
PlatinumGames has finally announced the new release date of its 2D retro shmup title Sol Cresta. Director Hideki Kamiya and his crew announced that Sol Cresta will be out on 22nd February, which is less than a month away. The team also showed off the main concept art of the game, featuring the three coloured ships and their respective pilots (fr...
Publisher Bushiroad and developer Kaminari Games just showcased about 14 minutes of new Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath gameplay. The story mode gameplay showcased voice actresses Risa Tsumugi, Wakana Kingyo, and Yuzuki Watase bantering while demoing the game. The game itself seems like your standard 2000s arcade sho...
Publisher Bushiroad and developer Kaminari Games have just unleashed some Tohru vengeance among the anime and gaming community. The first gameplay trailer of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath is out, and it features some 2D shmup gameplay and some clothes-tearing on the main character's part. Players will get their cho...
PlatinumGames developer Hideki Kamiya announced recently that the company's 2D shmup tribute title Sol Cresta will not be out at the end of 2021. The game now has a "when it's out" release date, most likely in 2022. However, the team has shown off a number of new features for the game. During the official livestream, the team demoed the game's s...
We finally have more information on PlatinumGames' latest game Sol Cresta, which is a 2D shmup. PlatinumGames chief game designer and Twitter block button aficionado Hideki Kamiya talks about the next sequel to Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta, as well as have the game's director Takanori Sato detail the game's unique mechanics: Dock-And-Split Syst...
Need to sate your shmup jollies in a new indie twin-stick shooter title? You might want to give Curved Space a shot. Made by Maximum Games, Curved Space is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC right now. The Nintendo Switch version will be out on 13 July. What sets this game apart from other indie shmup titles? Well, this one: ...
Subverse, an upcoming Kickstarter sci-fi RPG featuring interspecies and interracial space erotica, finally has a release date. The game will be out on 26th March, 2021. The game will be out on PC via Steam's Early Access program, with pricing and platform distribution news to follow suit. For those who aren't sure how the gameplay will be like, ...
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shooter Welp, with Konami not giving much f***s about its IPs and repackaging games in retro bundles, it's really up to other developers to show its predecessors how it's done. And that's what the new 2D run-and-gun title Blazing Chrome is about: gunning down hordes of bad guys and...
And the throwbacks keep on coming. First, it was Songs of Conquest with its nod to 90s strategy games. Now, we have Valfaris, an obvious tribute to 2D run-and-guns like your Contras, Turricans, and Midnight Resistances. Only instead of apeing Rambo, it gets its inspiration from a heavy metal album laced in airbrushes, metallic trimmings, and sha...
Does anyone here remember the 1991 arcade 2D shooter classic Cotton which features a pink-haired witch, her shapely skimpy sprite-slash-option, and some pretty dark and dreary graphics for a saccharine game of this stature? No? I'm not surprised. Well, we're getting a reboot of this Japanese classic, courtesy of a game company called Beep which is...
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