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September 23, 2015
Shooty Skies is the Next Game From (Some of) the Makers of Crossy Road
By Nadia Oxford
Shooty Skies is an upcoming shoot’em’up game put together by Mighty Games, a four-member team that includes Crossy Road developers Matt Hall and Andy Sum. Not surprisingly, Crossy Road’s visual spoor is all over Shooty Skies. There are colorful boxels …
Upcoming
May 27, 2015
Shooting Stars Combines Your Two Favorite Things: Cats and Shmups
By Jim Squires
It wasn’t long ago that I was admitting my personal struggle to find the appeal in vertical shooters (or as they’re better known, “shmups”). And yet for the second week in a row, I find myself absolutely mesmerized with a new mobile …
Upcoming
May 20, 2015
Starseed Mixes Old School Appeal with New School Devices
By Jim Squires
I’ve never been much for vertical shooters. Unless you count Galaga amongst them (and you really shouldn’t), there have been very few that clicked with me. Maybe just Ikaruga. With that in mind, I approached Starseed with some trepidation. The …
Reviews
September 4, 2014
Gemini Strike Review: Space Warfare Ain’t Cheap
By Carter Dotson
Armor Games is trying their hand at the shoot ’em up (aka shmup) genre with the free-to-play release of Gemini Strike, and it’s a solid little game worth checking out. Essentially, if you’ve played one shmup, you know the gist of …

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