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TRUXTON IS BACK! TODAY! I had a tiny, tiny involvement with Truxton Extreme, so call me biased... But as a Toaplan fan of decades, who loved the firt two games, I bloody adored it, and it's ace to see experienced shmup critics receive it very well! (Why did I sell my Truxton II PCB?🤦) #shmups

Nintendo Life@nintendolife.com · last wk.

Review: Truxton Extreme (Switch 2) - A Thrilling Return For A Classic Shoot-'Em-Up Series.

I played the early access build of @whetstone.games & @pantaloon.io's Offbeat - a game where you play a jobbing composer. You make music for real, it's a working music production suite, and you can publish your creations beyond the game! My preview, for Wand Report: report.wand.com/previews/off...

Offbeat Early Access Impressions - The Wand Report

Whetstone’s freelance ‘em up Offbeat puts you to to work – creating music for real.

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This ain't really a new #homebrew but I was just so impressed with what I saw, that I wanted to share, for the people interested "Over OBJ" is a #SHMUP for the #NES that shows off some absolutely insane visuals for the system. Tons of actions & sprites with minimal slowdown #retrogaming #indiegame

I might be very (very) excited to be contrubting words to this. And regardless of my involvement - check out these awesome phsyical releases!

Chris Schilling@schillingc.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey! We're releasing three more physical video games: the excellent Sektori, Dread Delusion and Easy Delivery Co, all with lavish artwork, packaging and extras. Thrilled to work with @spadgy.bsky.social, @thewillarowe.bsky.social and @ultrabrilliant.xyz on the essay booklets. www.lostincult.co.uk

We made history! 😮 In the newly released book Arcade Adventures by @lostincult.co.uk, writer @spadgy.bsky.social graciously mentions our Schildmaid MX in an illustrious lineup of #indiegames that he thinks successfully build on the foundation of arcade #shmups to explore new directions.

Finally, here's my review of Psyvariar 3, for The Wand Report. I've adored the Psyvariar series since 2003. I'd have been happy with it's return being decent. Thanks to @bananabytes.bsky.social clear love for the game, we get much more than 'decent'! report.wand.com/reviews/psyv... #shmups #smhup

Psyvariar 3 Review: A brush with brilliance - The Wand Report

Charge bullets, avoid shooting, and chain invincibility? An arcade great that does things differently is back.

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So buzzing to have penned two chapters for the book Arcade Adventures from @lostincult.co.uk and @harpercollins.bsky.social! • One chapter looking at shmups’ fascinating influence over the wider medium • Another on the how developers and players pushed each other to take shmups to wild new heights

My First Press Games order arrived! Arrived about 11 months late, but… Three bangin’ shmups. Ginga Force, Natsuki Chronicles, and Rival Megagun. And wow… the quality, length, and detail of the manuals; game systems, strategy insights, lore told in comic form, etc. How manuals should be! #shmups

Will be chatting to @spadgy.bsky.social at 11:45am tomorrow at Games Growth Summit on how non-profits & the games sector can create shared value through long-term partnerships contributing to mutually beneficial growth. More details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-grow...

Catching up on some magazines that arrived this week, love seeing pixels in print! Always enjoy @spadgy.bsky.social copy & an article about my favourite @hitpstudio.bsky.social Schildmaid MX? Yes please! Lovely evening reading, whilst the little ones enjoy a movie #print #indiegames #mags #shmup

Left Comic Con. Joined a train as the one nerd on a train full of West Ham fans. Feared a rowdy journey. Got nothing but friendly chats, people asking about video games, scenes of lovely families sharing a passion, just like at Comic Con. So happy to be proved wrong. Teach me to make assumptions!

Oof. 12+ years of development hell to make a new shmup (from the lead designer of Ikaruga) and it fizzled out? Rough. Also a reminder that the HD remaster of Radiant Silvergun is on PC now, which now has an Ikaruga-style alternate scoring system. store.steampowered.com/app/2450820/...

有限会社エムツー M2 Co., Ltd.@mtwo-game.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Notice Regarding the Cancellation of “UBUSUNA”

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thorhighheels@thorhighheels.bsky.social · 3mo ago

buddy its just a washing machine

My first review for the Wand Report! R-Type Dimensions III makes an admirable attempt at revitalising a classic, but is a patch away from its potential. And shmup port/remake series like M2 ShotTrigGers have elevated standards considerably. report.wand.com/reviews/r-ty... #shmup #shmups

R-Type Dimensions III Review: A genre classic lurches into the present - The Wand Report

The former SNES exclusive R-Type III: The Third Lightning has been reborn anew. But can Lighting strike twice?

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The Game Careers Stage I’m running at London @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social has opened. We got speakers on writing, character design, voice acting, all sorts. Come join us if you’re here! A small stage with a big heart that over the years has helped kickstart many careers. I love it!

So painfully close to the Soph Star world number 1 spot (PS5 leaderboards, Score Attack, Advanced scoring mode). I must prevail! #shmups #shmup

Psyvariar 3 just went live! 26 years since Psyvariar 2 - one of my favourite ever games. Just treated myself on Steam. I’m actually downloading Psyvariar 3! Nervous with excitement and anticipation. PLEASE be good! #shmup #shmups

In Touhou Makuka Sai: Fantastic Danmaku Festival 3, more people have 1cc'd the game than have played the tutorial. Probably not too unusual for shmups, but interesting. I looked at the cheevos because I felt I was done with the game already, but it looks like I missed entire mechanics somehow.

Did Success’ CEO just hint about Psyvariar 4!? With Psyvariar 3’s launch close, I spoke to devs from every game in the series, including Psy 3. 6-pager in @retrogamermag.bsky.social 285! Shoutout Success, @bananabytes.bsky.social, & @redartgames.bsky.social. Check those final paragraphs! #shmups

While my eyes were on the coming R-Type Dimensions III launch, suddenly R-Type DX: Musical Encore just landed! Its the GBC R-Type DX with new music by shmup composing icon WASi303, and it seems to feature a new arrange blending R-Type I and II. store.steampowered.com/app/3804290/... #shmups

One more shmup for the shmup pile! I’ve been curious about Soph Star for ages. After a quick dip I’m loving the Toaplan energy and purebred scoring system; and it brings a distinct vibe of its own. I will be playing a lot more! Big up @bananabytes.bsky.social; now working on Psyvariar 3! #shmups

What a week at London Games Festival! I hosted Self-Publishing Toolkit Live, Games Meets Music, and a Rebellion panel at BFI/Screen Play. Also launched our game devs' Self-Publishing Toolkit (see reply), and watched the game BAFTAs with my kids after they helped me as juror on the Family category.🔥

Cave's opened a Steam page for Shinyaku DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu / DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite, a new self-produced version of DFK promising new stages, BGM, characters, assist features & more https://store.steampowered.com/app/4517190/DoDonPachi_Resurrection_Reignite/ no ETA as of yet...

DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite on Steam

CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.

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I’ve been rinsing the Psyvariar series again. Such a rush to play. One of my all time favourite game series! My series-history including interviews with devs from Psy 1 to the new Psy 3 coming to Retro Gamer magazine soon! #shmups

I sold my copy of Vib Ribbon to CEX for £8 in the year 2000. After trading in a towering heap of lesser PS2 games, I own it again! 🤦🏼 on the pennies, but so excited to play again (and I can always flog it!).

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New (& one quite old) bits of reading material. Always good to have a new shmup/stg feature from @spadgy.bsky.social to read 🥳 #books #comics #magazines

I kept seeing something in japanese shmups: bullets are equidistant. So moving up doesn't create clumps of bullets, and moving down doesn't make the bullet stream seem more sparse. So I mocked it up. Feels very right. It's not for anything, just a proof of concept. #indiedev

Finally flippin’ got one. First time I’ve not had a console on launch day since the PS1 gen, I think. Now I can review/mock review/etc. your Switch 2 games!