AKA TO BLUE / AKA & BLUE from ex-CAVE employees out now!

In both app stores for iOS and Android. It's been out a couple of weeks in Japan but has now hit western stores as linked.
On iOS its available for both iPhones and iPads.

AKA TO BLUE is a bullet hell style shooter designed from the ground up for touch devices and is (unsurprisingly) very reminiscent of CAVEs work.

So, Zero Gunner 2 may be heading to Switch!

According to a tweet, Psikyos Zero Gunner 2 (Naomi arcade board and Dreamcast STG) is heading to Switch.



It would be great to see Zero Gunner 2 make a return on modern hardware.

Metal Slug X coming to Nintendo Switch

Hamster announced that the next wave of Neo Geo ports for Nintendo Switch will include Metal Slug X. No firm date on when it is released was announced.

New bullet hell shooter Burst Fighter out on Steam now!

Another indie shmup, this time a bullet hell experience, Burst Fighter is out on Steam.

EDF! EDF! EDF! EDF! EDF! EDF!

That's right, seminal third-person shooter Earth Defense Force is getting a proper STG spin-off this fall on PlayStation 4, Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter (there's a mouthful).



Watch the trailer for full EDF mayhem and hysterical shouting from some japanese lady.

Just to get a feel for the series:

Battle Garegga Rev.2016, not just for PS4 any more

So, yeah, that just happened!

Indie shmup Super Hydorah out now!

Indie shmup Super Hydorah, a throw-back to Gradius style games, is out now on Steam and Xbox One.