It was just about 20 years ago that the Vic Viper, the world’s best-known alien-armada-killing single-pilot spacecraft, flew her maiden voyage in the original Gradius. That game is hardly the first ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Alien swarms and galactic scourges everywhere live in fear of the ...

Back when arcade cabinets still attracted queues of eager gamers, the Gradius series was a titan of the 2D shooter genre. To this day, the various Gradius games, sometimes known under the alternative ...

Konami’s PS2 classic has been re-released on PSN, as GameCentral offers a retro review of it and the modern state of 2D shooters. We’re not sure exactly what logic publishers use when adding older ...

I'm looking for an amazing shooter. I've never been into these games enough to get hooked. Recently, however, I've gotten the bug for frantic, beautiful gameplay backed up by sexy visuals. I hear ...

For the fifth installment of the Gradius series, Konami has made the switch to 3D graphics. All the hardcore fans of the series shouldn't be worried because the gameplay is still 2D. There are ...

As long as there have been video games, there have been shooters. Spaceships defending the world against alien onslaughts have been a staple since “Space Invaders,” but the genre has fallen out of ...

Initially released on the PlayStation 2 in 2004, Gradius V may soon be making an appearance on the PlayStation 3, assuming a new ESRB rating is to be believed. The rating – "T for Teen" with "Mild ...

In the days of yore, mastering a game was a true challenge with one-hit deaths and furious amounts of opportunities to be hit with flying objects. Yes, I'm talking about the old-school shooters and of ...

Somewhere in a darkened, dusty, slightly damp corner of Planet Earth there is a being capable of playing Gradius V the way it is meant to be played. No continues, no pussyfooting about on 'Very Easy' ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Gradius V Gradius V is the fifth entry in Konami’s Gradius series, originally released for PlayStation 2. It introduces new mechanics while retaining core ...