A look at the physical version of FullBlast for PS4

Don't forget that there is a sequel in development.

If you don't crave a physical release it's also available for Xbox One, Switch and on PS Vita.

Habroxia is coming to PS4 and PS Vita AND goes physical on the Vita

Habroxia is a new shmup in the style of 16-bit side-scrollers from Lillymo Games for the PlayStation Vita and PS4. It releases on September 24:th in America and September 25:th in Europe and will be available for pre-order from Play-Asia on September 19th in a physical release for the Vita. YES(!), yet another physical Vita release!

Bullet Heaven double whammy: Pacific Wings & Vasara Collection reviews

Vasara Collection review round-up

With Vasara Collection debuting for download on (I guess) every platform today what could be more appropriate than a round-up of reviews?

Here's GooGame's review. The Xbox Hub quite likes it. Playstation Enthusiast seem enthusiastic. Gamespew seem impressed with the Xbox One version. Playstation Country is a little put off by how hard the game is. Remote Play reviews the PS Vita version and it's apparently a sweet package there too.

Metal Slug news: 3 getting limited release and the series getting a book

Limited Run Games made a surprise announcement that Metal Slug 3 is getting a limited release for both PlayStation 4 and PS Vita THIS WEEKEND.

Seeing as the Metal Slug games are available on every platform known to man this might not be such a big deal. They will have a regular and a classic edition with the classic being twice as expensive and:

The Classic Edition includes:

• Functional, classic, fully licensed, and SNK approved Neo-Geo shockbox designed to hold and store a PS4 or PS Vita game case (or one of each)
• Physical Metal Slug 3 game for the PS4/PS Vita
• Neo-Geo AES inspired retro cover sheet
• AES formatted manual designed to fit in the shockbox manual pouch
• 3 high-gloss art cards
• 18 x 24 inch poster

Bitmap Books has Metal Slug: The Ultimate History, a 400+ pages book of, well, the history of the Metal Slug series. If you're a fan this will probably be right up your alley. Pre-orders open today.

Digital Vasara Collection available for pre-order

Gematsu tells us that Vasara HD Collection will debut on Steam on August 13th, Xbox One on August 14th and on Nintendo Switch on August 15th. Still no word on firm dates for PS4 or PS Vita.

Great news if you didn't get your hands on the limited physical release.

Vasara physical announced for pre-order this weekend

Strictly Limited Games made good on their promise to release Vasara Collection physically.

PS4, PS Vita and Switch will all have separate standard and collectors editions, pre-orders going live this weekend.

Availability:
Switch standard: 2000
Switch collectors: 1500
PS4 standard: 1600
PS4 collectors: 800
PS Vita standard: 1200
PS Vita collectors: 800

What's in the Collectors Edition?
This:

• Vasara Collection Game including Game Manual
• Vasara Artbook
• Official Game Soundtrack CD
• Stickersheet
• Large A2 Poster (16" x 23")

Hardcore became Ultracore and is in the final stretch of pre-ordering

Hardcore was a "lost" DICE game they abandoned when the console world moved on from the 16-bit era. The game was finished but the platforms were dead.

Strictly Limited Games has now made the game available and along the way it expanded from PS Vita and PS4 to Switch and Mega Drive / Genesis and they decided on a name change: Ultracore. Judging by the looks of the Strictly Limited Games website, the PS Vita version was dropped along the way too.

Anyway, it's a run'n'gun and if you want it in your collection there's about 9 hours left to order it. Predictably, the Mega Drive / Genesis version is already sold out.

Riddled Corpses EX Switches it up

Twinstick shooter Riddled Corpses EX is already available for PS Vita, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One but will arrive on the Nintendo Switch come March 2:nd.

So, I'm back and so is Game Tengoku and Vasara

Limited Run Games has announced that this very friday, February 1st, they will release a physical edition of Game Paradise (Game Tengoku CruisinMix) for the PlayStation 4. This is a regular edition with a special edition to be released at a later date. Of course, the game is already available in physical form from Play-Asia should you be so inclined, it's unclear to me if there are any differences between the releases.

That other Limited Release company that we all know and love, Strictly Limited Games, responded in kind with a tentative "coming soon" of a physical release of Vasara Collection for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and the PS Vita!

Ketsui, Fast Striker and Rival Megagun, oh my!

M2 released Ketsui Deathtiny for PlayStation 4 yesterday in Japan. It's available on japanese PSN and as a physical release from the usual suspects (in my case Play-Asia).

Bullet Heaven has a review of Fast Striker (PS4/PS Vita version).


The player vs Player shmup Rival Megagun is out now on Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One,and Nintendo Switch (EU/JP, US/Canada gets it on Dec 6th).

Gundemoniums arrives on PS4 / PS Vita this sunday

Strictly Limited Games has announced physical releases of Gundemoniums on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. These will be limited to 1800 copies per platform and be ready for pre-order on sunday October 28th. Get those credit cards ready!

Reminder: Fast Striker pre-order for PS4 and Vita opens tomorrow!

PSA so you don't forget; pre-orders open tomorrow!

Keep hitting that F5!
For the record, Fast Strikers soundtrack is pure awesome.

Fast Striker moves to PlayStation4 / Vita

Both beautiful and great sounding, MVS and later Dreamcast shmup Fast Striker from NG:DEV.TEAM has been announced by Eastasiasoft for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in October.

It will be available digitally at $6.99 / €6.99 and as physical limited edition for $34.99 including shipping. Limited edition pre-orders will open on October 11 at Play-Asia.

FullBlast has a release date: September 5/7th

Way back on August 20th when I first reported on FullBlast it didn't have a release date yet, impressively it will launch on all supported platforms on September 5th and/or 7th. That's right. Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita will all get the game almost simultaneously in an impressive buckshot blast.

Hardcore is coming 2019

Strictly Limited Games has announced that an old abandoned DICE project, Hardcore, has been resurrected and will be released on both PS4 and PS Vita in 2019.


It looks like a fun run'n'gun to me.

The summarized news

I'm still on vacation (with one week to go) but here's the news that's been rolling in:

Game Tengoku! / Game Paradise! CruisinMix went on sale in the EU / NA PSN Store without an announcement of any kind and Degica Games was quick to point out that it really shouldn't have. It's not ready for retail here yet. The game will get patched to retail level when available if you already bought it.

Super Destronaut DX has launched in the asian PSN store for both PS Vita and PS4 with the PS Vita being especially welcome, shmup releases for the system aren't exactly frequent these days.

Dimension Drive has launched in Asia/Japan on Steam, Nintendo Switch and PS4.

Iro Hero, already available on the Switch, is coming to Steam on July 31st.

Omega Fighter in Hamsters ACA Arcade Archives series launched two days ago (July 26th) for both Switch and PS4. I noted it was coming back in June.

RXN ~ Raijin ~ made it into the Japanese top 10 list for Nintendo Switch. They have a sale on where it's down to just 999 Yen there.

Radirgy de Gojaru!, the Nintendo 3DS spinoff of the Radirgy series has been re-listed in the Japanese eShop. Who knows how long it will remain there? Here's hoping the series will re-emerge on current-gen consoles.

Tying up June loose ends

First, as we discovered way back in March, Ikaruga has arrived for PlayStation 4. It's available on the PSN store now. There was some snag getting it on the US store apparently but both Euro and JP stores are OK and to the best of my knowledge the snafu has been fixed in the US store by now.

Quad Fighter K has gotten the review treatment from Bullet Heaven:

Super Destronaut DX, a Space Invaders-esque (that's a real word btw) game, is just weeks away from launching on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PS Vita.

LRG goes for broke, Super Hydorah to get PS Vita release

Popular side-scroller Super Hydorah that was released by the very same Limited Run Games on the PS4 a couple of weeks ago has been announced as a physical release for the PlayStation Vita.

The Vita isn't seeing a lot of releases these days so this is cool I guess.

Twin-stick PC shooter Riddled Corpses jumping to consoles

Decidedly busy-looking twin-stick shooter Riddled Corpses will join the roster of console games on PlayStation 4, PS Vita and Xbox One as Riddled Corpses EX. Scheduled for a Q2 2018 release it's especially exciting to see something (anything!) new coming to PS Vita.