Konami is no longer what it was and it is not that things are going well as before (eFootball 2022 is proof of this), but that does not mean that he has completely renounced his past. Without going any further, the previous year there was a positive change when she began her work as editor for interesting proposals, breaking the ice with the nice (but improvable) adventure Skelattack.
This 2021 we have received two more (GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon and Crimesight), now having a third close to its premiere that recalls one of the times that the Japanese giant dominated with his Martians (especially Gradius). The name of the above is CYGNI: All Guns BlazingIt is developed by the Scottish studio KeelWorks and it is a futuristic vertical martian killer.
In the words of Richard Jones, Strategy Manager at Konami:
We are excited to announce our collaboration with KeelWorks. They are a young and talented studio, and it is a real honor to work with them on a project as large as CYGNI. From the first time we played, we knew that it embodied the DNA of KONAMI classic games and one of the goals of our production program is to work on games that evoke the spirit of those classics. CYGNI’s gameplay, sleek design, and graphics seem like a perfect modernization of the shoot ’em up genre.
Let them say that embodies the DNA of Konami classics It is the best compliment they could give to this humble production within a genre so veteran that, despite everything, it never ceases to amaze us with retro (Jamestown) or futuristic (Chorus) proposals. For now it does not have a release date (it will be announced soon, they assure Konami), but it will be released for current consoles and PC.
Regarding the characteristics of this CYGNI, there will be no shortage of power-ups for the ship typical of the genre, the possibility of “directing energy on the fly by changing between armor or weapon systems”, based on a more defensive or offensive style, respectively, or that there are certain air attacks -earth to elders, as in Twinbee, the cute ’em up from Konami. Your cooperative for two people, yes, it will only be in local mode. Otherwise it is very powerful on a graphic level, like a hypervitaminated Sine Mora with kinematics.