Macross – Shooting Insight Review (PS5)
Having grown up in the arcade scene in its heyday, you could find shoot ‘em-up games pretty much everywhere. Hell, Capcom made a killing off of them with their 1940s series, which probably gave the company enough money to get us in the street fighting mood. I digress, historically it was common practice that shoot ‘em-ups were the first arcade pool dips for most game companies. I mean, Radar Scope...[Read More]
I Hate Running Backwards
I Hate Running Backwards is a shoot em up roguelike in which enemies comes from the bottom of the screen while you move upwards shooting down at them. As you progress and unlock certain achievements, you gain extra power-ups to help fight off the hordes of familiar characters from the Serious Sam universe. You start out with a primary weapon that works like an automatic, shooting directly in front...[Read More]
RiftStar Raiders, a online co-op space shoot em up, launches today on consoles and PC
RiftStar Raiders, the four-player online co-operative space shoot‘em up, launches today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Steam). RiftStar Raiders will retail for $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.99, and Steam customers can take advantage of a 10% launch discount. Inspired by retro and arcade classics, RiftStar Raiders is a modern take on top-down space shoot’em ups, providing a visual and tactile feast of...[Read More]
Ghost Blade HD
Hucast is finally bringing their talents to 21st century hardware. You could be forgiven for being unacquainted with Hucast’s work. DUX, Redux: Dark Matters, Redux 2, and the oddball platformer Alice’s Mom’s Rescue are all modern titles from the low-key German developer. These games haven’t gotten much traction from the dedicated shoot ’em up / bullet-hell community b...[Read More]