Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. I can’t think of many game franchises that have been around ...

Fish inspired shooting games like Lucky Shooter are endlessly popular among sweepstakes casinos – virtual currency powered gaming sites that offer shoot ‘em up and casino style games that you can play ...

Who knew the middle of summer of 2025 was going to see a mini boom for a video game genre that was once central to the industry but has long since become a niche outlier? If you are a fan of scrolling ...

An overcharged and furious side-scrolling, multi-directional shoot ’em up. Syder Reloaded is the love letter to 90s Amiga shoot ’em ups you’ve always wanted, remastering and expanding on Syder Arcade, ...

Under Defeat PS5 Review. GAME OVER! We don’t tend to see these screens much in games nowadays. In the arcade era of credits, continues, score chasing and finite lives, it was addictive gameplay and ...

Shoot ’em ups were one of the first video game sensations to sweep through arcades. The novelist Martin Amis became so obsessed with 1978’s Space Invaders he wrote an entire guide/appreciation of ...

ININ Games has announced Apidya’ Special, a 24-bit pixel remake of the side-scrolling shoot ’em up Apidya originally released for Amiga in 1992. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, ...

To mark the major milestone of reaching the 20th mainline entry, ZUN will release Fossilized Wonders as an orthodox shoot ’em up game with linear stage progressions and multiple difficulty levels. The ...

As of November 2023, Compile has been shut down for 20 years. Best known as the creator of the successful Puyo Puyo series of puzzle games, Compile was also a massive influence on the direction of ...