Cave working on Windows Phone exclusive

By Fred Dutton Published 28 July, 2011

Deathsmiles dev readies new mobile shooter.

Shmup specialist Cave is working on a new title for Windows Phone 7, the Japanese developer has announced.

Details are scarce, but the studio development head Makoto Asada revealed that the game is currently 20 to 30 per cent complete via its official blog, as translated by Andriasang.

No title, gameplay details or screens were offered, but Asada stated that it's an original game rather than a port of an existing title.

Cave's past work includes bullet hell cornerstones Espgaluda and DoDonPachi. Its most recent launch was an iOS release for furious side-scroller Deathsmiles.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • Ror1984 #1 10 months ago

    Oh hell frigging yes.

    Corona will keep me going til then :)

  • arcam #2 10 months ago

    Espgaluda

    I resorted to saying that name out loud to try and pronounce it. Nope, still can't do it.
    Edited by arcam at 28/07/11 @ 22:19

  • Meto #3 10 months ago

    I wish they'd port Espgaluda and Dodonpanchi to HD IOS, then I'd drop the cash on them...

  • CamberGreber #4 10 months ago

    ProGear kicked ass

    I only hope its a Vertical/Horizontal Shooter.

  • Bander #5 10 months ago

    @Meto, the games only work on the OpenGL ES 2.0 iOS platforms as it is. 'HD' versions would probably slow down to a crawl because of the high fill-rates these types of games require. Not to mention that a complete redraw of all the graphics would take a lot of time and memory.

    Interesting that Japan is backing WP7 somewhat though.

  • miiiguel #6 10 months ago

    Dodonpanchi is coming to the 360.

  • uzivatel #7 10 months ago

    @miiiguel: I thought they released multiple dodonpachi games on 360.

    @Bander: Looking at the number of 360 ports of Cave games, Microsoft and Cave seem to have good relations. With Mango coming to Japan, who else should create some Japan-centric exclusive title?
    Edited by uzivatel at 29/07/11 @ 20:06