Archive for the ‘Run and Gun’ Category
E3 2010: Hard Corps: Uprising channels Contra
The Arc System Works developed Hard Corp: Uprising may not sport the Contra name, but it’s filled with the action of Konami’s classic run-and-gunner.
Hard Corps: Uprising gets an action-packed trailer
Arc System Works’ and Konami’s Hard Corps: Uprising gets the video treatment.
Konami taps Arc System for Contra-like game
Konami doesn’t want Arc System Works to work on Contra, but a Contra-like game called Hard Corps: Uprising.
Rush’n Attack: Ex-Patriot brings flag-waving and gun-toting to XBLA this Fall
The mid-’80s to early-’90s were a particularly interesting period in videogame history. We saw the introduction of the NES, SNES, Genesis, Neo Geo, and Gameboy –some of the most popular and influential consoles in history – – and masterpiece titles such as Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II, and Outun. These consoles and games have [...]
Review: Metal Slug XX (PSP)
If you’re a fan of the Metal Slug series, then you know what it’s like to have all the odds stacked up against you. Whether it’s dodging zombie vomit or getting stuck in absurd crossfires, running with guns blazing into the impossible has never lost its appeal… until now. Metal Slug XX for the PSP [...]
Free Twin Blades DLC revealed in new trailer
Remember that forthcoming Twin Blades DLC that we mention in the game’s review? Well, Press Start Stuido has released a trailer detailing the new additions, which includes a more robust fighting system, a map, a storyline, new environments, and maybe the most welcome plus of all, bosses.
Metal Slug XX brings more run and gun to your PSP
Atlus doesn’t know when to quit. Not satisfied spoiling us with hardcore ridiculousness like Demon’s Souls and tons upon tons of Shin Megami Tensei games, they deem Feb. 23 the time to bestow Metal Slug XX for PSP upon us. A port of Metal Slug 7 for DS, Metal Slug XX (pronounced “double-ex”) heralds the [...]
Twin Blades: The Reaping Vanguard Heading To Xbox on Xmas
What better way to celebrate the yuletide cheer than by severing undead heads? Press Start Studio, an independent game developer out of France, is bringing its Twin Blades : The Reaping Vanguard to the Xbox Live Arcade Indie Games platform on Christmas Day for just 240 MSP. Twin Blades: The Reaping Vanguard is a frantic [...]
Virtual Vox Pop: What’s You Favorite Metal Slug Game?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s your favorite Metal Slug game. Metal Slug XX, the upgraded multi-player version of the underrated Metal Slug 7, is headed to the Japanese XBLA sometime next year as SNK Playmore’s [...]
8-Bit Left 4 Dead: Free NES-Quality pWnage Coming In January
As a hardcore Left4Dead player, it’s totally awesome to hear and see that an 8-bit version of Left4Dead is being created. Being created by Eric Ruth using Pixelforce NES, it will be available in January for zombie hunters as a free download onto their PCs. It features all the campaigns and characters from the original game and you’ll be able to play with more your friends as well as the game allows for more than one player.
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