A rumored 325 hp Prelude with a manual gearbox had enthusiasts excited, but new information raises questions about where it ...

Type. Its imagery is burned into the collective memory: the Force ping-ponging about the screen, the Wave Cannon charging in ...

R-Type Dimensions III was announced this week, bringing the latest entry to the R-Type series to PC and consoles next Spring ...

ININ Games has announced R-Type Dimensions III, a new entry in the shoot ’em up series developed in close cooperation with Tozai and license owner Irem. It will be launch for PlayStation 5, ...

ININ Games confirms that Nintendo is releasing smaller Switch 2 cartridges, but the devs had to increase the price of their ...

Have you played any good shoot-’em-ups lately? If the answer to that is yes, I would be willing to bet it wasn’t made recently. The shooter genre has become so much of a relic that the term ‘shooter’ ...

The 2025 Honda Civic Type R is a beast in its own right, but a competitor or two could give you more bang for your buck. The Honda Civic Type R officially hit American shores for the 2017 model year, ...

No game genre has been as thoroughly wrung out as shoot-'em-ups. From the initial descent of the alien horde in Space Invaders to the hellzapoppin bullet curtains of DoDonPachi, literally thousands of ...

All things considered 1987 was a good year for gaming. It gave us the original R-Type and its subsequent progeny. Fast forward to 2021 and an all-new R-Type game has been released, which is ...

Irem's R-Type series of side-scrolling shooters is distinct within its genre. It's known to be more slowly paced than other series – more methodical and tactical. It's known to be unique in its core ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Shooter fans, we've got sad news for you: R-Type is over. The franchise that defined many gamers' early memories of the side-scrolling shooter genre ...

While the original R-Type offers more precise action, R-Type III has bigger boss fights, better graphics, and a more forgiving learning curve. The side-scrolling space shooter certainly seems to be ...