I'm not new to the world of SRPGs, but sadly to say, I am new to the world of hex-grid-based space SRPGs.  Wow, that's a mouthful.  All I know about R-Type was that it was a shmup, but I guess…

Like R-Type? Then this awesome looking R-9 figure should appeal to you. Irem, the creator of the Bydo Empire shooting series, gave Atlus a bunch of the R-9 figures pictured above. Until they run out, you will get one when…

Sitting adjacent to Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore downloads on the PlayStation Store is a trial edition of R-Type Command. Sure, a demo came out months ago, but that was in Japanese. The one freshly uploaded today is in…

A standing retail rumor pointed to Atlus making a deal with Irem for R-Type Tactics last year. Today, Atlus officially announced R-Type Tactics under its new name, R-Type Command. Name change aside, the portable, tactical experiment with the R-Type franchise…

Here are some more screenshots of Irem’s upcoming hex grid strategy game, R-Type Tactics. Besides playing against the computer R-Type Tactics also has an ad-hoc wireless battle mode where two players can fight head to head.     …

  While informative, the blurry magazine scan didn’t do R-Type Tactics justice. Famitsu posted up the same screenshots from the scan today, but their pictures have much more detail. You can see the horizontal hex grid, a handful of R-Type fighters…

IceAmp sent over a scan (thanks!) of a new R-Type game for the PSP and it’s not sticking to the series shmup roots. Instead Irem is reinventing the wheel by bringing R-Type into the simulation genre with R-Type Tactics. It…