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Disaster Report Developer Making New Games

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST

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Kazuma Kujo, who created the Disaster Report games, recently stated via Twitter that he is working on a new title. More »

Japanese Earthquake Game Wasn't Cancelled Because of the Earthquake?

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 EST

On March 11, Japan was hit with a massive earthquake and tsunami. The country was left in ruins. Within days, Japanese game developers began canceling, altering, and postponing games. One game, the latest Disaster Report, got the axe. More »

Is Disaster Report's Developer Okay?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:20:00 EDT

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After Irem outright canceled Disaster Report 4, rumors swirled that the studio would no longer be releasing new copies of previous Disaster Report games. Disaster Report 4 was to be Irem's first PS3 game. The fate of the studio's second PS3 game seems equally grim. More »

Post Quake, Japanese Game Maker Cancels All Disaster Report Titles

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:00:28 EDT

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In the wake of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, publisher Irem canceled its catastrophe survival adventure Disaster Report 4, a game that was due to hit Japanese PlayStation 3s this Spring. Now it's halting production of every other Disaster Report game. More »

See Japan Crumble (In 3D!!!) In Disaster Report 4

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:40:00 EDT

Added to the list of games playable on the Tokyo Game Show floor this week is Irem's Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, the latest and greatest catastrophic adventure, now on the PlayStation 3. More »

Bad Ideas: R-Type, Ghosts 'N Goblins For iPhone

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:30:00 EST

R-Type is coming for the iPhone. Ghosts 'N Goblins came out over the weekend. Who keeps signing these cheques? More »

Atlus Trots Out Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament

Mike Fahey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDT

Atlus brings more Steambot to the PSP this summer, announcing a North American release for Irem's Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament. More »

Irem Does Its Best To Sex Up Spelunker

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:00:04 EDT

Minna de Spelunker is coming to the PlayStation 3 in Japan. How does one generate interest in a high-def Spelunker remake? Put women in short outfits! Short Spelunker outfits! More »

Atlus Unleashes Hammerin' Hero On PSP

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:45:00 EST

Atlus once again takes care of its fans first with an exclusive reveal of their upcoming PSP title Hammerin' Hero delivered directly to their Atlus Faithful community. More »

R-Type Dimensions Screens A Force To Be Reckoned With

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:26 EDT

Who knew that the Xbox 360 would become *the* place to get one's shmup fix? With R-Type Dimensions coming to the Xbox 360, recreating R-Type and R-Type II in Xbox Live Arcade form, Microsoft has secured nearly every important shmupping franchise, already having nabbed Ikaruga, DoDonPachi, Raiden IV and 1942. OK, that's not every important franchise, but it's a pretty good collection and it has Cave on its side. More »

R-Type Coming To Xbox Live Arcade

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:40:53 EDT

The Bydo empire must be destroyed. Again. The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification has rated a new title in the series, named R-Type Dimensions, for an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade release. The surprise announcement, dug up by GamerBytes, shows that Microsoft will publish, but that developer Tozai will handle all the coding wizardry. More »

R-Type Command's Sweet Preorder R-9A

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EDT

R-Type Command, Irem's tactical hybrid shooter for the PSP, is due in stores next week, and in case tactical space shooter action doesn't quite grab you, publisher Atlus has sweetened the pot with this kick ass model of the R-Type R-9A Arrowhead in tasteful black and red. GameStop, Amazon.com, GameCrazy, EB Canada will all be offering the model, which originally saw life as a gashapon toy in Japan, and then offered in different colors as part of Yujin's Shooting Game Historica collection (still available here), it's an excellent way to show your love for all things R-Type...along with, you know...buying the game itself. More »

R-Types Rated For PlayStation Network Re-release....

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:40:16 EDT

R-Types Rated For PlayStation Network Re-release. You're certainly not going to be lacking in the various ways to play R-Type soon, as the ESRB has rated R-Types (again) for the PlayStation 3 and PSP, meaning that a PlayStation Store release is likely, if not imminent. The PS One "classic" was originally released by Irem in 1999, collecting both R-Type and R-Type II, a pair of extremely challenging arcade side-scrolling shmups. More please! *cough* Thunder Force V *cough* More »

R-Type Tactics Coming Stateside?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:40:19 EST

According to a historically reliable NeoGAF member, one who has access to Gamestop's list of upcoming software releases, Irem's R-Type Tactics is coming to North America courtesy of publisher Atlus. Rebranded R-Type Command, the game is said to be scheduled for a March 4, 2008 release date at an MSRP of $39.99. The game eschews the lightning fast reflexes needed to avoid enemy fire from Bido adversaries, instead offering up turn-based, hex-based strategic gameplay. You won't control just one ship, but a fleet of space craft. More »

Bumpy Trot 2 Trots 2 PS3 At TGS

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:40:17 EDT

NeoGAF member "Massive Attack" used his falcon-like web site watching skills to dig up a tidbit of PLAYSTATION 3 news for next week's Tokyo Game Show. It appears that R-Type developer Irem will be showing a sequel to the original Bumpy Trot for Sony's next-gen console at the Makuhari Messe. While the original Western mech game, which came to the U.S. of A as Steambot Chronicles, didn't exactly light up the sales charts, it was fairly well received. More »

Famous Shmups Get Capsule Toy Treatment

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:40:42 EDT

Japanese toy manufacturer Yujin is releasing a series of capsule toys featuring popular ships from classic shoot 'em ups like Irem's R-Type and Konami's venerable Gradius series dubbed the "Shooting Video Game History Gashapon." More »

R-Type Tactics Site Goes Live

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:00:10 EDT

Irem has pushed the R-Type Tactics web site live, giving shooter and strategy fans some sweet direct feed screenshots to obsess over until the game is finally released. Speaking of a release, the R-Type Tactics site lists a vague 2007 release for the PSP game and a price point of 5040 yen but offers little else in the way of solid gameplay details for non-Japanese speakers. More »

R-Type Tactics... R-Type. Tactics.

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:40:00 EDT

Looks like Irem wasn't kidding when it titled R-Type Final, the supposed final shoot 'em up in the long running, hard-as-hell sidescrolling series. Yes, details are scarce, but from what we can gather by these awful, awful scans from the latest Famitsu, R-Type is ditching twitch gameplay for a more chin-rubbingly strategic bent. Hex-based, turn-based and awesome-based, R-Type Tactics looks like a crazy cross-genre shooter that's just crazy enough to work. More »