TxK Out Today: The History, Development, and Gameplay of Llamasoft’s Latest

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<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/txk/" target="_blank">TxK</a> is the latest in a particular genre of arcade-style shooters which can be described as “neo-retroâ€. These games are characterised by gameplay inspired by arcade games of old, but take advantage of modern hardware to provide graphics and audio that far surpass anything that was possible back in ancient times. Often they take as inspiration some aspect of an older display style and, through modern graphics hardware and techniques, seek to create an experience that is evocative of its ancestry but far nicer-looking. You’ve all seen games like “<a href=" " target="_blank">Geometry Wars</a>â€, where the enemies and player characters are made of glowing lines.

 

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