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Studio drops social title and unannounced shooter
Read More »Mikio Watanabe resigns as Cave COO
Studio VP to leave company for 'personal reasons'
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e May 11th, 2012
Sci-fi action fans can now pick up Sony’s Starhawk for PS3. The multiplayer-centric shooter is the spiritual successor to 2007 PlayStation hit Warhawk. Players take on the role of a hired gunman and battle for control of planets. The new Build and Battle system allows them to turn the tables …
Read More »Akai Katana gets UK release date
Cave shooter Akai Katana will be released in the UK on May 11th, publisher Rising Star has confirmed to MCV. The game is an Xbox 360 exclusive and marks the first official release of the Akai Katana series in the UK. Following the fine work it did with previous Cave …
Read More »DoDonPachi for WP7 released this week
Cave’s debut title for Windows Phone 7 will be released in just two days. Andriasang has confirmed a March 7th release date for DoDonPachi Maximum. It will retail in the country for 435 (around 3.40) and be available via the handset’s Xbox Live Marketplace. As has been the case with …
Read More »Cave retreating from shooters? (Bullet) Hell no!
Just last month cult 2D shooter developer Cave suggested it might distance itself from the shooting genre – but those fears appear to have been well and truly quashed. In the weeks that have followed the news the studio has gone on to reveal no less than four brand new …
Read More »Rising Star Games cracks America
British publisher Rising Star Games has opened an office in the US. Rising Star Games Inc is based in California and will release its first title – shooter Akai Katana – on Xbox 360 in Q2 2012. The firm has also opened Rising Star Games Digital, which will handle downloadable …
Read More »Cave warns of potential shmup retreat
It looked as if the 2D shmup was enjoying a revival. But bad news from cult shmup developer Cave in Japan has asked new questions about the viability of the genre. Andrasang reports that Cave has revised its financial forecasts downwards. Having previously expected to make 10m for the six …
Read More »VIDEO: Cave announces Mushihimesama Futari for iOS
Cave’s western rampage is continuing with the announcement of its fifth title for iOS. Bug Princess 2 actually assumes the namesake of Mushihimesama: Bug Panic, a top-down run ‘n’ gun title released for the platform last year. However, judging from the debut trailer bug Princess 2 is actually a port …
Read More »Rising Star to publish Akai Katana in Europe
Adventurous publisher Rising Star Games has announced a third Cave shooter for the European market – Akai Katana. The game was originally released on Xbox 360 in Japan in May of this year, though the game was region locked meaning all but the most ardent importers were prevented from playing …
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