PC

You’ll Never Master This Shooter

Really Big Sky is an indie shmup with a twist: it’s procedurally-generated. Meaning you’ll never play the same game twice.


April 22, 2011
Xbox

Girly Shoot ‘Em Up Otomedius Excellent Still Coming This Year

The side-scrolling shmup that’s part Gradius, part anime fetish fulfilment, Otomedius Excellent, is coming to the Xbox 360 later this year. Konami reassured fans of Gradius gameplay today that the brightly coloured arcade shooter that features girls-as-spaceships is still on the cards with a handful of new screen shots.


October 20, 2010
News

This Shmup Is $US88? Really?

Next week, Japanese game developer MileStone’s shoot’em up Radirgy: Noir hits the Xbox 360. The game is not cheap.


July 28, 2010
News

Take A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking

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Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking.


July 6, 2010
News

When Mars Declared Independence From Britain

Upcoming title Jamestown has very little to do with the early colonisation of North America, and everything to do with four-player co-op on 17th-century British colonial Mars.


July 3, 2010
News

R-Type Coming To The ‘Phone "Soon"

Classic ’80s arcade side-scrolling space shooter R-Type is coming to the iPhone soon, Electronic Arts tells us.


June 25, 2010
News

Don’t Use The Word ‘Shmup’ Around The Creators Of Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment

Because, believe it or not, the people who designed some of the world’s best scrolling shoot ‘em ups, including Ikaruga, Gradius V and Radiant Silvergun, claim to have never seen the abbreviated term “shmup” used to describe their games before.


May 1, 2010
News

RayStorm Reborn Next Week

Scrolling shooter fans have every reason to get fired up over Xbox Live Arcade next week, when Square Enix releases the remake of Taito classic shmup, RayStorm HD.


January 6, 2009
Uncategorized

Microsoft Wants Radiant Silvergun For XBLA

In an interview with Gamasutra, Treasure CEO Masato Maegawa reveals that Microsoft has requested the classic Saturn shoot-em Radiant Silvergun for Xbox Live Arcade, but Treasure has yet to say yes.


September 13, 2007
Uncategorized

Exploring Castle Shikigami III