Gunstar Heroes Developer Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Ever since its debut in 1993, game developer Treasure's library has grown to boast a large lineup of classic games. Now, almost eight years after its last release, the team may finally be ready to reveal its next project, just in time for its 30th anniversary.
The very first game from Treasure, Gunstar Heroes, was an impressively underrated game in its time but gained a second life through re-releases. Along with Dynamite Headdy and Alien Soldier, Treasure continued to impress with its Genesis lineup and continued the pattern into the 32-bit era.
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The company's official social media account posted today in commemoration of the company's 30th year in business, but it also included an exciting hint of a future project. The post indicates that an unnamed game may be ready to show off later this year and asks for players' continued support. Currently, details are sparse about this new project, but considering that the company's previous release was a 3DS title in 2014, it could be an exciting return to Treasure's signature style of game design.
Never before in Treasure's history has a hiatus from releasing a game lasted this long; From 1993 to 2014, the company released at least one game every year save for 2010 and 2012, an impressive but surely taxing achievement. Then from 2014 on, all that came out of Treasure was re-releases, mainly classic puzzle-shooter Ikaruga. Even the re-releases are sparse besides Nintendo licensing games for Nintendo Switch Online since Treasure had a tendency to keep modern versions up to modern standards by redoing the graphics, as is the case with Radiant Silvergun and Guardian Heroes' Xbox Live Arcade ports.
Treasure generally stayed away from sequels throughout the
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