Plenty of game developers are still making new games for old systems and ZPF is a perfect example of how great they can still ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. I can’t think of many game franchises that have been around ...

Sektori's demo blew me away when I played it last year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For a very brief period before becoming ...

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Sure, 2025 has featured the launch of the Switch 2, of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Blue Prince and Baby Steps and Hades II and Ryukyu that were labeled “game of the year!” by the masses ...

Shoot ’em ups were one of the first video game sensations to sweep through arcades. The novelist Martin Amis became so obsessed with 1978’s Space Invaders he wrote an entire guide/appreciation of ...

ININ Games has announced Apidya’ Special, a 24-bit pixel remake of the side-scrolling shoot ’em up Apidya originally released for Amiga in 1992. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, ...

AMATA Games will release Cat Hui Trading LLC-developed side-scrolling robot shoot ’em up Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in ...

While Steam Next Fest is over, I downloaded the demo for Birdcage, which is a shoot-em-up inspired by the games of Treasure (notably Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga), with storytelling and aesthetics ...

While you’re unlikely to find any of 2022’s shoot-em-ups—shmups, STGs, whatever you want to call them— on many Game of the Year lists, this last year still had plenty of them to offer. Thanks to a ...