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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Cave, the studio behind several classic shoot’em up games, just apparently stopped development on two games: one was social game Shirotsuku and the other was an untitled shooter. [ゲーム情報！ゲームのはなし]
There’s a moment when playing Cave shooters, when your eyes glaze over, and you are no longer looking at the ship you are piloting. You start following the bullets, and as you move yourself through space, you just know where you.
Cave’s newest shooter DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou recently got its first arcade location at Japanese game centre Taito Hey! in Tokyo’s Akihabara.
Next month, maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou is coming to the iPhone and iPod touch.
Here, superplayer MON tears through the PS2 version of the notoriously tricky shmup DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou.
Cave, known for its bullet hell arcade shooters, has been moving gracefully into iOS games. The studio is currently working on a Windows Phone 7 original shooter. It’s currently 20 to 30 per cent done. [Cave]
Cave is famous for its bullet hell shooters. Not every game Cave makes is a shmup, but those games are what made Cave, well, Cave. And the Tokyo-based game maker’s latest title certainly isn’t a shooter.
Cave, the game developer best known for insane shmups like this, is holding an online version of its annual Cave Festival. Want to purchase Cave art books? Cave keychains? Tea cups? Umbrellas? Head on over. [Cave Game Shop via Wired.it]
Releasing on May 17, Christmas-themed nightmare shmup Deathsmiles IIX is US bound. The upgraded version of the arcade favourite features new stages and will hit Xbox 360′s Games on Demand for $US29.99. According to the game’s publisher, the game isn’t localised into English and player’s can’t use Microsoft Points (credit card only).
Insanity! This is the latest trailer for Akai Katana, the latest shooter from famed arcade developer Cave.
