#shootem up

Treasure’s Ikaruga Remains One of Shoot-Em-Up’s Finest Entrants

Hailed as one of the best of its genre in a world where R-Type and Gradius dominate purely on reputation, Ikaruga’s stand-alone, polarity-shifting ventures are just as eventful and as fascinating to play now as it ever was those many years ago. 

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Chasing Metal Shooter Vengeance with Release of Valfaris: Mecha Therion

For a direct sequel, Valfaris: Mecha Therion changes up the gameplay while leaving just about everything else intact.  Same brutal universe, same stone-faced Therion, same crunchy-guitar metal making up the all-new tunes of the soundtrack.  

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Arena-Shooter Crossbow: Bloodnight Twangs Onto Steam

Crossbow: Bloodnight is a game squarely in the vein of Devil Daggers or Swarmlake.  The only level is the church courtyard, which is a big circle with small park-like bit carved out of the center, and enemies spawn from the earth with no thoughts but to kill you dead.  They’re going to succeed, too, so the trick isn’t so much survival but rather survival for as long as possible, and time is always counting down before the next wave introduces a new monster to the mix. 

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Steambirds Alliance Flies Into Its Full Bullet Hell Release

Steambirds Alliance has been working through various beta stages since mid 2018, changing from invite-only to open beta and finally, as of today, full release.  On the surface it’s a fairly straightforward shooter, where you choose a plane and fly it from an overhead perspective, taking down enemies on a quest to defeat the tyrant Meowza. 

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Rolling Gunner Takes Aim on the Switch on June 20

Mebius has announced that Rolling Gunner finally has a release on the Switch with the digital version hitting the eShop on June 20 and a physical version coming later in 2019.

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Tear Through the Skies as a Mercenary Knight in Jet Lancer Launch Trailer

Jet Lancer is coming out later this summer and, while it doesn’t have a specific date quite yet, there is this lovely new trailer packed with as much of the stylish, hyperkinetic aerial action as will fit.

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Shoot ’em Up Horgihugh is as Challenging to Play as it is to Say

Don’t let the name Horgihugh trip you up – this indie shooter brings with it both adorable artwork and challenging gameplay. Players will unlock and equip a variety of weapons on their quest to ace all six stages.

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Black Paradox Brings Retro-Future Shooting Shenanigans to PS4 

It’s said that pixel graphics have become the hallmark of the indie game. This might be true, but it’s hardly a bad thing since so many of them use it so well. Black Paradox is one of these, and it happens to have the added bonus of being a bona fide shoot-em-up game. 

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