Radiant Silvergun‘s XBLA launch was announced recently at a conference in Japan, which the successor to the underground hit Ikaruga. This Treasure developed title was originally released in Japan only for the SEGA Saturn and Arcade systems. Now, nearly 13 years later it will see release on this side of the ocean as a digital release exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade.
Radiant Silvergun will see the return of the unique seven-weapon system among other fan-favorite gameplay features, as well as improvements, including the addition of a new system to enhance the challenging original chain system.
No release date has been announced, but a couple screenshots were shown as the game was imporved grpahically from its original version.