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Hyper Sentinel Approaches May 11

Hyper Sentinel Approaches May 11

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After months of of tireless toiling, indie developers Huey Games have announced their latest title, Hyper Sentinel, is almost ready and will be out for purchase next month. “After a lot of hard work we’re super excited to be able to announce a release date,” said Rob Hewson, CEO and Creative Director at Huey Games. “I’d also like to issue another huge thanks to all our Kickstarter backers who I know will love this game.” Hyper Sentinel is described as a pure retro-styled space shooter with no frills or filler added. Game creator Jonathan Port of Four5Six Pixel says “Hyper Sentinel will take older gamers right back to their roots with an updated feel. Meanwhile the new generation’s thrill-seekers can satisfy their urge for action and epic boss battles without wading through a plot.” Awesome power-ups and devastating weapon upgrades including the Astro Mace and Plasma Rifle The ultimate high-score chasing arcade game, with online leaderboards and 3 difficulty modes Become a decorated Hyper Sentinel pilot with 60 challenging medals

Shoot-Em-Up Technolites Now On Kickstarter

Shoot-Em-Up Technolites Now On Kickstarter

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Canadian studio Zugalu has announced Technolites, a new top-down space shooter, is now under production and they’re seeing crowdfunding cash. The game concerns a group of astronauts on a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa who become sidetracked by accidentally running into a horde of alien ships — with endless firepower. Very few people play a shmup for the story, however. Where it counts is the gameplay, and Technolites aims to innovate by giving players the option of customizing their ship.You can construct a small but vulnerable fighter if you excel at avoiding projectiles…or, if you prefer to take everything head-on, you can make a beefy powerhouse that can withstand many blows. Branden Sloane, CEO of Zugalu, says the option was inspired in part by Raptor: Call of the Shadows, an obscure MS-DOS game he used to play on his uncle’s laptop. “It’s what made me fall in love with PC gaming. For our first PC release, I wanted to pay tribute to that game and expand upon what I enjoyed

Project Root (Xbox One) Review

Project Root (Xbox One) Review

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The shoot ‘em up genre has seen something of a resurgence in recent years, with bullet hell games in particular becoming ever more popular across a variety of platforms. The Xbox One though is lagging behind in this regard with very few titles available that will satisfy fans of the genre. That has now changed with the latest release of Project Root on the console, a game that has already been on other platforms for some time. What is intriguing about this particular game though is that it goes against some of the fundamental gameplay principles of traditional shoot ‘em up titles. Rather than forcing the player to travel in one direction, such as a vertically or horizontally scrolling screen, Project Root allows for more freedom. You can choose to go in any direction you wish and freely roam the world while controlling the ship from a more established top-down camera angle. This interesting change in the gameplay formula makes for a novel way of going about tackling the objectives,