Deathsmiles

In Real Life

Let This Gothic Lolita Shoot Up Your Shelves

11:00PM February 3, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

DeathSmiles is a horizontal shmup from bullet hell developer Cave. It’s not my favourite Cave title by any stretch, but it does have a sizeable following due to its Christmas-in-Hell asethetic. Plus, the game stars Gothic lolitas, like batgirl Casper. People seem to like those. More »


Mobile

DeathSmiles Makes Me Smile

11:30PM July 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Cave’s bullet hell shooters aren’t exactly the types of games many players don’t even like to play with control pads. So how’s this iPhone version supposed to work? More »


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American Xbox 360 Owners, Enter Bullet Hell

10:00PM May 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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).


DeathSmiles Review: Shmup Complex

8:40AM July 16, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Little girls. In frilly dresses. Shooting things. Yep, you’re about to read a DeathSmiles review. More »


News

Deathsmiles Limited Edition Is So Very Pretty

5:30AM April 2, 2010 | Mike Fahey

As if Xbox 360 gothic-lolita shmup Deathsmiles could get any more attractive, publisher Aksys reveals the Deathsmiles Limited Edition, packed in a super-sized box with a Xbox 360 and a soundtrack album. Now how much would you pay? More »


News

DeathSmiles Smiles On North America

6:30AM January 19, 2010 | Mike Fahey

The top-selling shoot-em up of this console generation is coming to North America, as Aksys Games announces a US release for Cave’s brilliant Xbox 360 gothic lolita shooter, DeathSmiles. More »


In Real Life

Yes, There Are Gothic Lolita Shooter Underpants

7:00PM August 18, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

DeathSmiles is a Gothic Lolita-themed bullet hell shooter from developer Cave. These are DeathSmiles underpants, designed to look like panties. More »


News

Bullet Hell Developer Offers Arcades Its Games For FREE

8:00PM May 6, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Cave, the Japanese developer behind such shmup classics as Mushihime-sama Futari, recently announced a revolutionary way to release arcade games in Japan: For free. More »


News

The Biggest Shmup Debut Of This Generation Is…

10:00PM May 1, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

DEATHSMILES! The game sold 20,000 copies in Japan during its first week on sale. This is the first traditional shooter to break the Japanese top ten this generation. More »


New Gothic Lolita Shooter Trailer

9:30PM April 22, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Cave’s fantastic fantasy shooter DeathSmiles is coming to the Xbox 360. Microsoft, understandably proud of this, showed a trailer for the port at yesterday’s press event in Tokyo. More »