I've always been a sucker for shooters, especially Gradius. My only regret is not being able to experience them in their true arcade forms--the best I could ever do was play the Nintendo games.

Publisher Konami has certainly made some missteps in preserving and re-releasing its older games. Silent Hill and Metal Gear “HD” collections of old have soured some players on Konami’s attempts to ...

For the old-school gamers, Gradius III is easily one of the most challenging bullet hells out there. The game is infamous for ...

It’s the new definitive way to play these games too. Konami has revealed their latest video game anthology franchise collection. Gradius Origins is releasing this year to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Gradius V In Konami's fifth entry in the Gradius series, Gradius V adds changes to gameplay while keeping to original form. Of the most significant changes ...

Konami has made dozens upon dozens of shooting games in their decades of development and publishing, but unless you were there for it—or are devoted to Hamster’s Arcade Archives series—then you might ...

This week’s new games include a rerelease of one of the most important shmups ever made, rereleases of two of its sequels, rereleases of three of its spinoffs, and, oh hey, an actual new entry in that ...

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 ...

Gradius V by comparison is much more reflex- and reaction-dependant.<br><br>In short, if you already like shooters like Ikaruga, R-Type Final, Silpheed, etc., Gradius V will probably get a lot of ...

Nintendo of Europe's Hanabi Festival returns, bringing with it, of course, import games! Fantastic stuff is available this week on Virtual Console: Pulseman, a Mega Man-style platformer from a ...

Additionally (dunno if you already knew this) the robotic mech you pilot in Zone of the Enders 2 is named Vic Viper. The director was quizzed on this a bit not too long ago.