Shoot all the things in the spiritual succesor to Super Stardust

Housemarque made a name for itself with the addictive, colorfulSuper Stardust HD, one of the PS3’s early downloadable and indie exclusives. Housemarque followed with neat games likeDead Nationand the excellentOutland, but it’s now going back to its shmup roots withResogun.

The “arcade action shooter”Resogunwas announced today at gamescom exclusiveely for PlayStation 4. It eschewsStardust‘s spherical system for a left and right moving circular one.  Accordingly, it’s no longer a twin stick shooter, but a horizontal one.

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You rescue things, get power-ups, and drop bombs, of course. Cool, screen clearing blue energy bombs.So satisfying.. According to thePlayStation Blog, “[t]here will also be a bunch of different ships, co-op multiplayer, plus a ton of things that we can’t really talk about just yet.”

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