OXM hints at imminent Ikaruga

by Richard Mitchell { Mar 18th 2008 at 5:15PM }

It seems the April issue of Official Xbox Magazine has some information about the highly anticipated XBLA release Ikaruga. Specifically, it sounds like the game will be coming out very soon, as the magazine notes the game is already available with a graphic that reads "Out Now." It doesn't get much clearer than that. Unfortunately, given the nature of magazine lead times (people get April issues in March, etc.) it's hard to say exactly when Ikaruga will show up, but it's probably safe to say it should be out before the end of April. Oh, and for what it's worth, OXM gave Ikaruga a 9 out of 10, so things are looking up.

Update: Upon closer inspection, the review appears to be in the UK Official Xbox Magazine.

[Thanks, Teddings]

Tags: ikaruga, oxm, xbla, xbox-live-arcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kokomadeta @ Mar 18th 2008 5:49PM

That is, unless, it's an April Fool's joke.

Richard Mitchell @ Mar 18th 2008 6:04PM

I'll eat my hat if it's a joke. The review text has not one hint of a joke in it. That said, I don't wear a hat, so I'm not risking much.

Sora267 @ Mar 18th 2008 6:13PM

You don't need to be wearing a hat to eat it. ;)

Quinion @ Mar 18th 2008 7:15PM

it is an APRIL edition...

Stoo @ Mar 18th 2008 7:30PM

Been waiting ages for this! I still play the Dreamcast version.

Mighty Healthy @ Mar 18th 2008 8:00PM

It's not like Ikaruga won't come out, but OXM has a history of reviewing titles that still haven't been released on XBLA yet...

I believe they reviewed Tron several months before it actually appeared.

AkmGamer @ Mar 18th 2008 9:17PM

Ikaruga was a great game, hopefully it stays intact for its XBLA release.

Sam Coulson @ Mar 18th 2008 9:18PM

X3F already did multiple articles on Ikaruga being confirmed for XBL, along with the announcement of Rez coming to XBL, so I doubt this is an April Fool's Day Joke, even though it seems like just the thing that would be considered for one.

Trekster_Gamer @ Mar 19th 2008 12:34AM

I would prefer to see Zero Gunner 2 come out for XBL....

Ikaruga is fun as well.

mike @ Mar 19th 2008 2:14AM

Havent we learned that no matter what news, big or small, coming from an april issue video game magazine = just lies. I dont even know why these VG magazines all started doing this crap. I can imgine all of them having a dip in sales come april time because of this.

I dont know about nintendo power now, But I remember when I was a kid, they always had an april fools page which was clearly labeled. That = tasteful. What the companies do now is just garbage that only makes me not want to purchase their magazines.

But its not limited to magazines. Joystiq, endgadget and xbox 360 fanboy will all go on my ignore list on april 1st, as they usualy have upto 20 posts per blog that are just lies, not jokes, LIES. If your in the video game business, dont release any sort of information come april 1st, as you will never be believed.

Macroy @ Mar 19th 2008 6:21AM

This doesn't work as a good April Fool's joke. Why would a magazine waste ink printing a prank like this that would only appeal to a niche market?

"Mushroom Kingdom Hearts" worked because Final Fantasy/Disney/Mario are huge names. Same goes for "Lego Halo." "Ikaruga is coming out in April!!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

andyface @ Mar 19th 2008 7:04AM

Surely this is a relative lame joke, something like FREE XBOXs FOR ALL, would be a better one, if not less believable, so maybe that's the thing, is a good joke one that's believable or one that if is gets you there'd no doubt that you're a fool.

Also what's with the whole release the next months magazine mid way through the previous month, surely it has no magic time travelling news so it's still the news of march, just with april stuck on the front, marketing gone mad I tell you.