Good news for shoot-’em-up fans! Darius Cozmic Collection is finally getting a Western release on June 16, bringing Taito’s classic side-scrolling shmups to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The Darius series is known for its branching level structure, multiple endings, and creative enemy designs. The first couple of games are …
Orange Juice’s bullet hell shoot-’em-up Flying Red Barrel – The Diary of a Little Aviator is finally coming to Steam and in a remastered form on June 19, publisher Fruitbat Factory announced today. Flying Red Barrel takes place in an world where planes have only recently been invented. Outlaws and …
Nintendo Switch will soon get another classic shoot-’em-up to add to its library, with SEGA AGES Thunder Force AC set for release in the West on May 28 (May 29 in New Zealand). First released in December 1990, Thunder Force AC was an arcade port of Thunder Force III for …
Seoul-based developer and publisher Intragames has announced a “bullet-hell fusion” shoot-em up called Grand Brix Shooter, which is due for release on Switch and PC later this month. The trailer shows all the hallmarks of a bullet-hell game: complex mazes of bullets that require precision and strategy to navigate safely, …
Originally released for PC in 2014, Astebreed is an attempt a more cinematic take on the scrolling shoot ’em up. That doesn’t necessarily mean more narrative-focused, but in lieu of the genre’s usual static side-on or top-down camera, Astebreed dances between different perspectives and employs camera cuts in a way …
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We’ve got two download codes for Black Bird on Nintendo Switch to give away! Last week, I published my review of Onion Games’ Black Bird, finding it to be “one of the most enthralling shoot ’em ups I’ve played in a long time.” That’s in part due to solid shoot ’em up gameplay …
“When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Black Bird is one of the most enthralling shoot ’em ups I’ve played in a long time. There are no space ships, aliens, shrine maidens, here; rather, Black Bird casts you as a …
Originally released for arcades in 1988, Chuka Taisen was quite unlike most other shoot ’em ups of its day. There were no fighter jets to pilot it aliens to shoot down; instead, it casts you as a young Monkey King (of Journey to the West fame) on a quest to …
Few games carry the legacy that Space Invaders does. It’s easily one of the most influential games ever made, being almost single-handedly responsible for the shoot ’em up genre and arcade leaderboards. Almost anyone who was alive in the golden era of arcade games will have some memory of playing …
Shoot ’em ups are famous for their difficulty, but they also tend to find that sweet spot where the challenge is rewarding rather than frustrating. Most modern shmups will happily give you unlimited continues, letting the challenge from the game come from trying to keep that continue count as low …
