Rigid Force Redux Will Make The Wait For R-Type Final 2 A Little Bit Easier

Coming to Switch this summer

by Damien McFerran Wed 26th Feb 2020

R-Type Final 2 might be on the horizon, but we've got a while to wait yet – which makes the announcement of Rigid Force Redux all the more appealing.

Developed by com8com1 and published by Headup Games, Rigid Force Redux is inspired by Irem's coin-op classic, as well as the likes of Konami's Gradius and Square's Einhander.

It will "challenge players to battle furious waves of sci-fi-themed enemies while powering up their ship with Force Shards and Energy Orbs" and is coming to both the Switch and Xbox One this summer.

com8com1's Head of Development, Marcel Rebenstorf, has previously worked at Ubisoft Blue Byte on titles such as ANNO and Might and Magic Heroes Online, and has spent the past few years working on this new title.

Check out the trailer and let us know if you're excited about playing this title on your Switch.

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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GameOtaku
Wed 26th Feb 2020

Wait. It was R-type "Final"! Shouldn't that have been .......well Final? How about porting Final to switch first?!

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johnvboy
Wed 26th Feb 2020

Riged Force sounds a little fruity if you ask me.

Looks like a good game though.

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Ooyah
Wed 26th Feb 2020

@johnvboy
You went from rigid to ridged... were you aiming for ribbed? 😉

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johnvboy
Wed 26th Feb 2020

@Ooyah,

Ribbed force sounds far worse.

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Kilroy
Wed 26th Feb 2020

@GameOtaku Final was merely developed by Irem and published by Eidos in North America, Metro3D in Europe, and Irem themselves in Japan. While Final 2 is being published by Irem, period. So, ask the other two companies to port it for an English version or convince Irem the region-free Switch only needs the Japanese version without an English translation.