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Bad Ideas: R-Type, Ghosts ‘N Goblins For iPhone
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | R-Type is coming for the iPhone. Ghosts ‘N Goblins came out over the weekend. Who keeps signing these cheques? More »
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Atlus Trots Out Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament
12:40AM Mike Fahey | Atlus brings more Steambot to the PSP this summer, announcing a North American release for Irem’s Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament.
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Irem Does Its Best To Sex Up Spelunker
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Minna de Spelunker is coming to the PlayStation 3 in Japan. How does one generate interest in a high-def Spelunker remake? Put women in short outfits! Short Spelunker outfits! More »
Atlus Unleashes Hammerin’ Hero On PSP
6:45PM Mike Fahey | Atlus once again takes care of its fans first with an exclusive reveal of their upcoming PSP title Hammerin’ Hero delivered directly to their Atlus Faithful community.
R-Type Dimensions Screens A Force To Be Reckoned With
3:00AM Michael McWhertor | Who knew that the Xbox 360 would become *the* place to get one’s shmup fix? With R-Type Dimensions coming to the Xbox 360, recreating R-Type and R-Type II in Xbox Live Arcade form, Microsoft has secured nearly every important shmupping franchise, already having nabbed Ikaruga, DoDonPachi, Raiden IV and 1942. OK, that’s not every important franchise, but it’s a pretty good collection and it has Cave on its side. More »
R-Type Coming To Xbox Live Arcade
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Bydo empire must be destroyed. Again. The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification has rated a new title in the series, named R-Type Dimensions, for an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade release. The surprise announcement, dug up by GamerBytes, shows that Microsoft will publish, but that developer Tozai will handle all the coding wizardry. Unfortunately, there’s little else in the way of concrete info for R-Type Dimensions, such as whether it will be a totally new entry in the series or a HD remake of a previous entry. Whatever the outcome, we don’t care. It’s R-Type! ‘R-Type Dimensions’ Coming to Xbox Live Arcade! [GamerBytes] More »
R-Type Command’s Sweet Preorder R-9A
3:30AM Mike Fahey | R-Type Command, Irem’s tactical hybrid shooter for the PSP, is due in stores next week, and in case tactical space shooter action doesn’t quite grab you, publisher Atlus has sweetened the pot with this kick arse model of the R-Type R-9A Arrowhead in tasteful black and red. GameStop, Amazon.com, GameCrazy, EB Canada will all be offering the model, which originally saw life as a gashapon toy in Japan, and then offered in different colours as part of Yujin’s Shooting Game Historica collection (still available here), it’s an excellent way to show your love for all things R-Type…along with, you know…buying the game itself. More »
