Wildkeepers Rising

Lioncode launches test for ‘bullet heaven’ game Wildkeepers Rising

Lioncode Games announced a public alpha playtest for Wildkeepers Rising, an upcoming “bullet heaven” game set to debut in the spring of 2025.

We’ve seen how well bullet hell games (where you have to dodge bullets) like Enter the Gungeon and Nuclear Throne have done over time, but a bullet heaven game is where the player moves and sprays out bullets at enemies at a rapid clip.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.