Rail Shooter 'Wild Blue Skies' Gets August 13 Release Date
Publisher Balor Games announced on June 2 that Chuhai Labs' rail shooter 'Wild Blue Skies' will launch on August 13. The game will be available on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with full Japanese voice support. Players control Bowie Stray, a dog and leader of the Blue Bombers, as they fly through anime-style environments including oceans, deserts, and caves to battle the hostile force Grimm Law. The Blue Bombers crew includes Mejika Low White Tail, a strict fighter; Thorn Prickle, an overconfident rookie lizard; and Chuck Barbacoa, the oldest and fatherly bull. Chuhai Labs is a Kyoto-based independent studio founded by Giles Goddard, a former Nintendo programmer who worked on 'Star Fox' and 'Super Mario 64'. The game is described as a modern reconstruction of 90s rail shooters. Due to time zone differences, the release date falls on August 14 in Japan. The game features mission route branching and a scoring system to encourage replayability.