Heads up Space Invaders fans, Space Invaders Extreme 2 is on deck. Square Enix will release the synesthesia shooter in North America on November 20.

Happy Memorial Day! Once you’re done with the yearly beach barbecue kick back with some Space Invaders Extreme. We have two Xbox Live Arcade codes to give away. Send us a tweet with what you cooked up if you want one.

Space Invaders Extreme is a fantastic evolution of Space Invaders. Varied formations and a brilliant scoring system made it one of my favorite games. But what if you already own the psychedelic shooter. Is it worth looking at again?

After being released on two portable platforms Space Invaders Extreme is out on Xbox Live Arcade. Backbone Entertainment handled the conversion and Arvin Bautista details the process of transitioning the PSP game to Xbox Live Arcade.

A double dose of Taito remakes are coming to Xbox Live Arcade. Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid Live are two of this week’s Xbox Live Arcade games. Each one goes for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

Taito has a stable of franchise revivals heading to Xbox Live Arcade. Remixed nostalgia starts in April when Space Invaders Extreme comes out. One month later Arkanoid Live with its 120 levels and online multiplayer comes out. Judging from an English screenshot at Famitsu this timeframe won’t just be for Japan.   Bubble Bobble Neo, [...]

Microsoft just announced a SUV load of games. Some of the titles shown at the spring conference were unveiled elsewhere. Lost in the slew of announcements are little details about games we know about like Bayonetta.   Did you know the self described “climax action game” has an online ranking system? Well, it does! PlatinumGames [...]

Space Invaders Extreme 2 has psychedelic visuals and flashing aliens. Defend the Earth from them well and you’re rewarded with… moe? One path to the fifth level replaces the usual seizure inducing background with shades of pink and a girl wearing a huge rabite.   We’ve seen signs that Square Enix will publish Space Invaders [...]

In case you weren’t aware Taito has been resurrecting classic franchises with games like the Legend of Kage 2 and Space Invaders Extreme. Being less coy Taito formally announced plans to remake games for Xbox Live Arcade under the Taito Collection label. Arkanoid Live and Space Invaders Extreme are the first two Taito Collections project. [...]

Nintendo of Japan should be updating their March 2009 release calendar soon. They forgot to put in Space Invaders Extreme 2 which will make it into stores on March 26 just like some retailers leaked.   The sequel doesn’t look much different from Space Invaders Extreme. A new bingo grid leads players into a bonus [...]

Maybe yes! In addition to the Xbox Live Arcade / PlayStation Network versions of Space Invaders Extreme Taito might be working on a full sequel. Wario4ever tipped us off to (thanks!!) a Play-Asia listing for Space Invaders Extreme 2. While we haven’t heard anything official from Taito about said game Play-Asia leaked quite a few [...]

Oh, remember that announcement about Space Invaders Extreme coming to Xbox Live Arcade? The handheld game is being revised for TVs on more than one console.   Thanks to a leak from PEGI, we also know Backbone Entertainment’s port is in development for the PlayStation 3 as a PlayStation Network downloadable game. So, PlayStation 3 [...]

Microsoft sprung a surprise at Tokyo Game Show when they announced Space Invaders Extreme would get an Xbox Live Arcade port. Great, but what if you already have a copy of Space Invaders Extreme? According to the ESRB, Space Invaders Extreme for the Xbox 360 is Space Invaders Extreme plus Space Invaders.   “This is [...]

The rumors were true! Europe will get the awesome Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid DS this summer care of Square Enix. Sure, an announcement for North America hasn’t been made, but I doubt Square Enix is going to bring two localized games out in other regions.   More good news, the European press release mentions [...]