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Earthion is a new shmup for the Genesis / Mega Drive being developed by Yuzo Koshiro's Ancient, and it's coming out on the 16-bit system next year. It's also due to launch on modern-day systems too, and we've just discovered that an arcade release is taking place via the exA-Arcadia platform...

Zanrai Interactive has just shown off Visegunne, a new shmup featuring big robots, lovely 2D visuals and a strong single-player story. The game is listed as "coming soon" on Steam and is billed as a "non-bullet-hell shoot 'em up where explosive action unfolds around you." Boasting...

Cosmo Machia has announced via a new trailer that the expanded version of the arcade shoot 'em up TriggerHeart Exelica, Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced, will be coming to Switch in Japan in early 2025 (thanks Gematsu for the spot!). Cosmo Machia previously reissued the original 2006 arcade game...

Well, that didn't take long at all. ININ Games has just announced X-Out Resurfaced — a new remaster of the classic underwater shmup coming this Winter for Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PS5, and PC (via Steam and GOG). Here's a description of the game taken from ININ Games' YouTube channel: You can...

Mega Cat Studios has announced that its upcoming Sega Mega Drive / Genesis shmup ZPF will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch after securing the necessary funding to unlock the stretch goal. At the time of writing, there are mere hours remaining on the Kickstarter campaign, but the studio...

Mega Cat Studios announced earlier this week that it will be bringing the Genesis / Mega Drive shmup ZPF to Steam, allowing PC players who don't happen to have a Mega Drive knocking about a chance to experience the game upon release. The Steam version of the game will be available to backers...

Clear River Games has revealed that it's releasing four critically acclaimed Switch shmups in physical form in Europe. Three Cave classics — DoDonPachi Resurrection, Espgaluda II, Mushihimesama — and Treasure's celebrated Radiant Silvergun will all be getting a physical release across Europe...

The fantastic bullet-hell shmup Mushihimesama is set to be delisted from the Switch eShop on 10th August 2024. Announced by publisher Live Wire, the reasoning provided for the delisting is that the licensing agreement for the Switch version has expired. It seems that rather than attempt to...

Update [Wed 17th Jul, 2024 14:15 BST]: We now have a little more information on the upcoming Cho Aniki comeback. According to the Japanese website 4Gamer, the new collection will feature the two PC Engine tiles Cho Aniki and Ai Cho Aniki, and is being developed with the Nintendo Switch in mind...

The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis has never been short on amazing shoot 'em ups, and remarkably its library of games continues to grow even more impressive as time goes on, with the emergence of exciting homebrew projects from fans with a passion for the console. A great case in point is ZPF — a...

ZPF's Kickstarter campaign went live earlier today, giving people a chance to pick up a physical copy of the promising Mega Drive / Genesis shoot 'em up. And it has already smashed its £11,852 goal in only 19 minutes. The campaign offers a bunch of rewards for backing, with the cheapest option...

Update [Thu 18th Jul, 2024 16:30 BST]: Yuzo Koshiro's new Genesis / Mega Drive shmup Earthion is set to make a non-playable appearance at Bit Summit this weekend in Kyoto, Japan, as part of the SuperDeluxe Games booth. So, to kick things off, Koshiro has shared a new sneak peek of more of the...

The Genesis / Mega Drive is getting a new shmup called True Galactic Mission. Developed by Yuri R. d Avila (AKA Davila Games), this vertically-scrolling blaster has been in development for a while and has been built using the SGDK library. "A new project is getting ready to take off!" reads...

Yuzo Koshiro has shown off more footage of the upcoming Mega Drive / Genesis shmup Earthion, and it's shaping up to be one of the most technically remarkable games ever released on the 16-bit system. "You'll spot a lot of new stuff and scenes we've added in," says Yoshiro. "Plus, there's a...

Update [Mon 10th Jun, 2024 16:45 BST]: ZPF is coming to Kickstarter soon – 1st July 2024, to be precise. Original Story [Tue 17th Oct, 2023 10:30 BST]: ZPF is a game we've known about for a while now. Its developer ZPF Team dropped the first teaser trailer for the new Mega Drive / Genesis...