Treasure on the 360, 2D shooter on the way

by Richard Mitchell { Jan 9th 2007 at 11:30AM }

1UP recently sat down with the president of Treasure, Masato Maegawa, to discuss development for new gen consoles, and -- most importantly for us -- their plans for the Xbox 360. Treasure currently has a retail 2D shooter in the works for the Xbox 360. Maegawa claims that the graphics will be 3D but that the gameplay will stay true to the 2D style that Treasure fans have come to know and love. Also worth noting, the game is being created by the team responsible for the Dreamcast swan song, Ikaruga. Furthermore, he says that Treasure is considering an original title for the Xbox Live Arcade. Maegawa also says that 4 Genesis titles could make their way to the Arcade as well. Hey, give us Gunstar Heroes and Guardian Heroes and we will be happy campers.

We love us some Treasure (yar!) and it's nice to see Microsoft actively pursuing talented studios. What Treasure game would you like to see brought to the Arcade?

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Tags: arcade, ikaruga, live arcade, LiveArcade, treasure, treasure studios, TreasureStudios, xbox live arcade, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Darren Cornwell @ Jan 9th 2007 12:27PM

Please bring Ikaruga and Radiant Silver Gun to XBLA - that would make me most happy. Treasure are withour doubt the best top-down shooter studio, we love them!

aragorn @ Jan 9th 2007 1:09PM

Treasure is exactly what XBLA needs... because lets be honest... aside from Lumines(subjective) and Geometry Wars, there just hasn't been enough games on XBLA that really has been worth playing. I think of the new age coin op game, and I think that there should be more addictive games with long term appeal... and we just haven't had any of that.

but if anyone knows how to create a game as described above, it's treasure.