Psikyo Shuts Down!

[IntvGene]

Oh, the arcades are quickly becoming graveyards.

Now, it seems like Psikyo is closing its doors too. What a terrible day for shooter fans. I only hope that their development team gets picked up and still continues to produce shooters with another company:

http://www.gamesarefun.com/games/badnews/psi-dead.gif

News Article (http://www.gamesarefun.com/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1051630055,89681,)

[digitalpress]

I'm gonna miss them. I don't have a lot of the home games developed by Psikyo but I've played all their arcade games.

Game Title
Gunbird (import) (by Psikyo, for Saturn)
Gunbird 2 (by Capcom, for Dreamcast)
Mobile Light Force (by XS Games, for PlayStation)
Sengoku Ace (import) (by Psikyo, for Neo Geo)
Sengoku Ace Episode II (import) (by Psikyo, for Neo Geo)
Sengoku Blade (import) (by Psikyo, for Saturn)
Sol Divide (import) (by Psikyo, for Saturn)
Sol Divide (by XS Games, for PlayStation)
Striker 1945 (by Agetec, for PlayStation)
Strikers: 1945 (import) (by Psikyo, for Saturn)
Strikers: 1945 II (import) (by Psikyo, for PlayStation)
Strikers: 1945 II (import) (by Psikyo, for Saturn)
Zero Gunner 2 (import) (by Psikyo, for Dreamcast)

[Arcade Antics]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@_@

[buttasuperb]

:(

[portnoyd]

Maaaaan, no Cannon Spike 2! Sad day.

dave

[Captain Wrong]

Heh, I was just posting on this at another board.

Yeah, it's a real loss for folks who appreciate true arcade action. Psikyo may not have been the best, but damn they were good, with so much potential still avaliable.

I'm suprized Capcom hasn't taken an interest in them. Their Strikers series was heavily inspired by 194x and probably inspired Capcom's own 19XX. It would be a good fit, I think.

The shmup market is growing slimmer and slimmer...

[Kid Fenris]

This is depressing, though I was under the impression that they'd already thrown in the towel as far as shooters went. What was their last shmup? Zero Gunner 2?

[Captain Wrong]

This is depressing, though I was under the impression that they'd already thrown in the towel as far as shooters went. What was their last shmup? Zero Gunner 2?

Correct.

They did some character majhong game after that and then closed shop.

[bargora]

bogus

[Six Switch]

This is just great,I hope they get picked up by someone else like SNK. :(

[maxlords]

Doh! Who else just went recently, Compile?

I'll miss Psikyo :(

[zektor]

This is truly sad news. They made my favorite shooters. They will definitely be missed.

[WiseSalesman]

Damn it, Cannon Spike was awesome.....gah.

[josekortez]

Hey guys,

Videogames.com posted a press release from Psikyo today that says it's not closing its doors:

http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6026143.html