Many moons ago, while browsing Challenger HP, our source for arcade gaming news, we came upon a title that immediately perked our interest. A game called Ikaruga or Project RS2 was listed at the site ...

If you've read an article about any Treasure game here at IGN -- Bangaioh, Silhouette Mirage, Stretch Panic -- you'll sense a recurring theme. We always mention something about how unique the ...

Ikaruga and Bastion were just like many other games in the 2000s were marked by numerous overlooked games, often due to poor marketing, unfavorable timing in relation to other games, or platform ...

Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade has brought back several great games and updated them with new visuals and improved gameplay. Almost six years since after its first release in Japan, Ikaruga has come ...

Ikaruga, the beloved arcade shoot-’em-up, is heading to a modern console later this month for the first time. A Nintendo Switch version of the classic game will launch May 29 for $14.99, publisher ...

Publisher Nicalis has announced that it's bringing revered Japanese developer Treasure's classic, polarity-switching arcade shooter Ikaruga to Switch on May 29th. Ikaruga first released in Japanese ...

Cult classic vertical shoot 'em up returns. Shoot! Dodge! and… Get Hit!?! Ikaruga is a “cult classic” vertical shoot ’em up that features unique, polarity-switching gameplay. The game’s story follows ...

The publisher took to its blog today to announce that Ikaruga would be making a return to a Nintendo platform for the first time in several years, set to make its debut on the Nintendo Switch on May ...

A little while ago, Ikaruga and Sin & Punishment developers Treasure stated over Twitter that there would be some “good news” concerning Ikaruga soon. Now, we know what that good news is. Ikagura is ...

Nicalis is bringing the vertically-oriented sci-fi shmup Ikaruga to Nintendo Switch at the end of this month. Ikaruga on Switch has single-player and local, two-player coop play, along with "global ...