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Japanese specialist Rising Star wants to bring more games from cult studio Cave to the UK. The publisher will release DoDonPachi Resurrection in the UK this year. It is the second Cave game to be handled by Rising Star, with the company having released Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 earlier this …
Read More »Cave to release new Windows Phone 7 shooter
Famed 2D shooter studio Cave is to build games for Windows Phone 7, the studio has announced. The Tokyo-based Dodonpachi developer has already embraced the smartphone platforms by porting several champion games to Apple’s iOS platform. Now, according to a report translated byAndriasang, the longstanding studio is building content for …
Read More »Windows Phone scores Cave commitment
Dodonpachi studio building original title for Microsoft handheld
Read More »360 Games on Demand gets first import titles
Cult Japanese shooter develop Cave has announced that 2D shooter Deathsmiles is to be released digitally on Xbox 360 in the US. This is notable because it will be the unaltered original Japanese game – the first time a foreign territories title has been released on the Games on Demand …
Read More »The new £1,500 Cave game
129.99 not expensive enough for you? How about $300? No? How about a brand new version of Cave shooter Akai Katana for 1,500? Yep, thought so. Cult developer Cave has begun selling some of its titles on a PCB board (as they would be supplied to arcades) to home users, …
Read More »Deathsmiles heading to iOS
Cult Japanese shoot-em-up developer Cave has confirmed that it is to port quirky shooter Deathsmiles to iOS devices this spring. The announcement comes on the back of the game’s PAL Xbox 360 release courtesy of Rising Star Games last Friday. Andriasang reports that the iOS version will be a port …
Read More »Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition dated
Rising Star Games has announced Deathsmiles Deluxe Edition will be released in the UK next month. As revealed by MCV in December, this version of the retro-style shoot-‘em-up will be exclusive to Europe, featuring soundtrack and desktop accessory discs. It will land on shelves on February 18th. The game has …
Read More »Rising Star teams up with Cave
Rising Star Games will release Deathsmiles across Europe early next year. The Xbox 360 side-scrolling shooter is by Japanese developer Cave, which has a cult following across the world and is highly regarded by its peers. The company rarely releases titles outside of Japan, but the firm’s reputation has risen …
Read More »Cave bringing boxed shooter to West
Cult Japanese developer Cave is seemingly on the brink of bringing its first ever boxed Western release to the UK High Street. In recent times the studio has enjoyed great success on iPhone with hit releases DoDonPachi Resurrection and Espgaluda II, but its recent love for Xbox 360 has been …
Read More »Cave releases second iPhone shmup
Cult Japanese developer Cave has published its second game on Apple’s App Store. Launched overnight, Dodonpachi Resurrection is the first home version of arcade hit DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and offers Cave’s trademark ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay. It includes both the original arcade version of the game and an adapted iPhone interpretation. The game …
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