Long rumored, and
even leaked, this week's big Live Arcade release is now officially Treasure's fan favorite shooter
Ikaruga. Despite the fact that the
official xbox.com page still says "TBA,"
Treasure's website has been updated with the game's release date, and if the developers are not to be trusted, who is? The screen scrolling shoot 'em up that made its original debut in the days of the Dreamcast is designed around avoiding geometric patterns of bullets while shooting enemies.
Ikaruga changes things up by adding the ability to change your ship's polarity to become invulnerable to certain bullet types. This looks to be the next really big game on the XBLA horizon, we just have to hope that
the netcode holds up to the
craziness that is
Xbox Live.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shogan @ Apr 7th 2008 9:21AM
Yes! I have this on Dreamcast and Gamecube... now to get some Achievements! :)
Shogan @ Apr 7th 2008 9:21AM
Oh and if we could get Gradius V and R-Type Final on XBLA that would be wonderful. You hear that Microsoft? Wonderful!!!
Xav de Matos @ Apr 7th 2008 11:50AM
FINALLY!
ccc @ Apr 7th 2008 1:08PM
While there are not words that can properly describe how happy I am that Ikaruga is finally a reality, I would have taken Radiant Silvergun or Guardian Heroes any day of the week.
How about those next Treasure?