Developer Granzella is considering adding another new vessel to upcoming shmup R-Type Final 2, (a remake of Irem's 2003 title R-Type Final), and is asking the community which of four potential designs they prefer.The poll - which you can vo...
Despite having already far surpassed its initial goals, developer Granzella has re-opened its Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming R-Type Final2, following on from the successful showing of a playable build at this year's Tokyo Game Show.T...
This week sees retro game publisher Hamster blast off into outer space for the latest entry in its Arcade Archives range. And this week we're going way back, with the return of one of the oldest shmups of all time, Scramble, now available t...
Publisher NIS America has announced that it will bring its shmup compendium Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha to western Switch users in January 2020, bringing six arcade bangers to Nintendo's small-screen console.The six games featured on Alpha ...
Today's contest is for a Steam copy of bullet hell shmup Azure Reflections! This one is a bit out of my personal wheelhouse, but I figured you guys would enjoy it. There are magical fairies flying around shooting stuff. Bullets or energy be...
Good news for shmup fans, as City Connection has announced that anime arcade blaster Deathsmiles and its sequel, Deathsmiles II, are currently being prepped for ports on a selection of currently unknown platforms.The announcement came this ...
Enter the Gungeon didn't inflict enough pain on this world, apparently. Game developer Dodge Roll wants us to survive another bullet-hell gauntlet. Its next venture, Exit the Gungeon, is a spin-off with the same manic vibe but a slightly di...
Indie developer Wide Right Games has announced that their animated shmup title Freedom Finger will launch late next month, jetting off on PC and Nintendo Switch September 27.The "Batshit Crazy Space Shooter" sees players control a hand-shap...
Hamster have pulled out an instantly recognisable name for this week's retro release - even if it isn't quite the arcade original - as VS. Gradius joins their Arcade Archive lineup on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.VS. Gradius is the Nintendo lice...
M2 continues on its quest to re-release a bevy of awesome Cave shmups on modern platforms. The publisher recently dropped a new trailer for its next planned released, ESP Ra.De. Psi, coming to PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan this holiday s...
Retro funsters Hamster have us blasting into innerspace for this week's Arcade Archives release, with the re-release of body horror shmup XMultiply, available now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Released in Japanese arcades in 1989, just two yea...
Jamestown is back on the scene with a Nintendo Switch port coming at the end of 2019, and I couldn't be happier. It's been far too long! This game is the ideal shoot-'em-up for people who tend to only dip their toes in the genre on the best...
UFO Interactive has released, nay, unleashed the awesome power of Raiden V: Director's Cut onto Nintendo Switch. The high-intensity, updated edition of the shmup sequel can be picked up in physical or digital form right now.Raiden V: Direct...
I'm gonna break away from my normal shtick of weird shit and animals for something a little more grounded, but no less esoteric. Growing up playing video games in public, in arcades, now counts as esoteric, right? 198X looks to tickle that ...
Ikaruga is one of the all-time classics of the shmup genre, but there hasn't been a physical edition for any modern console. Despite now being on PC, PS4, and Switch, the only way to own a disc is to go back to the Dreamcast or GameCube, w...
UFO Interactive has announced that the Switch edition of shmup remaster Raiden V: Director's Cut, will be arriving digitally and physically on July 25.Raiden V: Director's Cut is a port of the 2016 Xbox One release and the fifth entry to th...
Last week, we reported that indie developer Granzella was opening a Kickstarter campaign in hopes to raise funds for a sequel to Irem's 2003 shmup R-Type Final. It appears to have been a resounding success, with the crowdfunding campaign sm...
[Getting Weird with Wes is a series meant to highlight all the bizarre shit floating around out there in the gaming universe. I hate normal things. Join me in celebrating the strange.] I took last weekend off from Getting Weird with We...
Developer Granzella has announced that it will launch the crowdfunding campaign for shmup sequel R-Type Final2 on June 3 at 09:00 PT / 11:00 ET. The campaign is expected to run for just a scant week, in hopes of raising the cash for a new t...
And the jet-fighting, space-shooting news just keeps coming. UFO Interactive has announced a release date for the Nintendo Switch port of Raiden V: Director's Cut, which will be winging its way to the hybrid console July 25.Already availabl...
In a week that has already been pretty sweet for shmup fans, the hits just keep on coming, as Hamster bring another old school arcade shooter to the Nintendo Switch in the form of Irem's Image Fight.Hitting the arcades back in 1988, before ...
More shmup news? More shmup news. As if genre fans weren't already inundated with exciting tips on the return of new and old franchises, Publisher Dispatch Games has announced that Psyvariar Delta will be headed west on PS4 and Switch come ...
It's been a crazy week for news if you're a fan of classic arcade shmups. The cutesy Cotton is getting re-made, The Strikers series is getting a new entry, and now M2 has announced that Cave shooter ESP Ra. De. will be coming to PS4 and Nin...
Japanese developer City Connection has announced that they have plans to release an all-new entry in the classic military-based shmup series Strikers. Tentatively titled Strikers 2020, the new title is planned for release on multiple platfo...
Some of you may have played some of the cutesy (but somewhat obscure) titles in classic shmup series Cotton, which dallied around the arcades and various home platforms in in the 1990's. Well, it appears that it's time to dust off the ol' b...
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Finally, a Switch game I can easily afford!
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Took a shot on a game called Bad North for Switch over the Gotta say its a addictive, minimalist RTS game that is perfect if you want something enjoyable in small Definitely give it
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So I dont know if its true or not, but A Hat in Time for Switch is saying it now comes out on November 8th rather than October While if true that makes me sad, I also didnt realize that Outer Worlds comes out this month so happy days on that
What about a first person shooter based on the Spanish-American War?
Code Vein is not a good Its okay at best and suffers from trying to be a Pseudo-Souls Near everything about its design falls flat outside of its class If youre on the fence about it, wait for a sale price
As much as everybody might hate Epic, I think we really have to appreciate their dedication with That thing last night was amazing, and they even decided to kill the game for a while for the Not many BR games have so much passion in them
My PS4 isnt getting much use these Main reason? It has this problem where it regularly puts itself into sleep mode, no matter what Im doing (playing a game, watching youtube, sitting on the main home page, Pretty much pisses me
