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Bitwave Games Shares Its Retro Love with A Valentine’s Day Launch for the Highly Anticipated Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.1
Bitwave Games, a video game developer specialising in retro entertainment and part of Embracer Freemode, announced today the release date of the highly-anticipated Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.1 arriving on Steam and GOG from February 14, 2023.
The first in a planned series of acclaimed shooting treasures, gamers are invited to spend Valentine’s Day showing their love to arcade classics, building their own curated library of Toaplan arcade hits and expanding it through 2023.
Announced to great excitement in August 2022, the new collection is a result of the partnership between Bitwave Games and Japanese developer Tatsujin. Volume 1 of the collection includes the following titles:
- Zero Wing™ – Legendary co-op shooter with stunning original soundtrack from composers Tatsuya Uemura, Masahiro Yuge, and Toshiaki Tomizawa.
- Out Zone™ – Run-and-gun alone or with a buddy in this bonafide hit featuring a unique weapon system, and killer soundtrack!
- Twin Cobra™ – Battle hostile battleships solo or in co-op with the world’s fastest attack chopper!
- Truxton™ – Adrenaline filled legendary shooter has you defeating alien hordes across massive stages in this vertically scrolling shooter masterpiece.
Each game in the collection features a raft of carefully crafted quality-of-life features. Bringing these signature shooters to the modern gamer, the Toaplan Arcade Shmup Vol. 1 games feature quick save/resume, online leaderboards for single credit, no assist and assisted plays, as well as Steam Achievements for the completionist gamer. To help players share the experience, a capture option has been included, immortalising those interstellar victories. But it doesn’t stop there, other quality-of-life features include:
- Quality Emulation featuring minimal input lag, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
- Instrument Panels featuring additional gameplay information and artwork.
- Rewind feature allowing gamers to rewind between 10-18 minutes of play.
- Assist features facilitating options such as auto-fire.
- Very Easy Mode, allowing beginners to master each game at their own pace.
- Pixel-perfect display option or full-screen scaling in both windowed and full-screen modes.
- Rotate option allowing the action to be rotated in 90-degree increments.
- Choose between Raw Input on Windows® or Steam® Input.
- Practice mode, allowing gamers to hone their skills.
“Since we announced our partnership with Tatsujin the retro gaming community has been waiting patiently for a release date to be announced, and we thought Valentine’s Day would be the perfect opportunity to relive these classic shooters with the one you love!” said Andréas Göransson, PR and Community Manager for Bitwave Games “Each of these games stand the test of time, and when coupled with the impressive quality-of-life features we have carefully implemented, we believe gamers everywhere will fall in love with the first volume in our collection.”
The Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.1 will be available from February 14, 2023 for $19.99. The individual titles forming Volume 1. will also be available separately for the SRP of $7.99 per game and can be wishlisted via Steam and GOG now.

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BetKing Renews Ikorodu City FC Partnership for 2025/26 NPFL Season
BetKing, Nigeria’s leading sports betting and digital entertainment brand under KingMakers, has renewed its official partnership with Ikorodu City Football Club for the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season.
This marks the third consecutive year of collaboration between both organisations, highlighting a shared commitment to grassroots development, youth empowerment and the growth of Nigerian football.
Since the partnership began in 2023, Ikorodu City FC, popularly known as the Oga Boys, has risen rapidly through the ranks, earning promotion to the NPFL in 2024 and finishing an impressive fourth place in their debut 2024/25 campaign.
Their season was highlighted by a record-breaking 6–0 victory over Katsina United, one of the most dominant results in NPFL history.
BetKing’s support for Nigerian sports extends far beyond football. The company recently commissioned a modern mini sports complex at Ifako Ijaiye, already serving over 400,000 community members, including neighbouring communities.
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Paysecure launches dynamic cashier – iGaming’s most customisable payments solution
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Solution gives operators complete control over cashier look and feel
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Product designed to enhance player conversion, retention and LTV
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Dynamic cashier will debut at SBC Summit in Lisbon
Paysecure, an award-winning payment orchestration provider in iGaming, has unveiled its dynamic cashier product – the most customisable cashier solution on the market, providing operators with deep insights into user behaviour to improve conversion and reduce fraud.
The dynamic cashier solution empowers clients to completely control the look, feel and execution of the deposit and withdrawal process to enable seamless, multi-currency deposit and pay-out flows.
An enhanced cashier experience is designed to improve conversion by up to 7% and increase deposit value by up to 35%. It also enables operators to extend brand experience, localise and segment user flows, and gain deeper insights into player behaviour at the cashier stage.
Operators will gain access to deep insights on player behaviour at the cashier, enabling them to continually optimise the experience to boost acceptance rates and reduce friction. Detailed cashier performance analysis on data points including cashier load times, error types and success rates – combined with advanced AI tools to monitor and flag performance improvement opportunities – equip payments teams to scale operations and reduce barriers for players.
The dynamic cashier product also allows operators to add personalised promotions and notifications at key touch points throughout the cashier experience, to help improve player engagement rates, reduce friction and provide a seamless journey to play.
Operators are able to build their ideal cashier experience at speed via the Paysecure platform. With control over colours, logos, CTA buttons and more, teams are able to update and test updates in a sandbox environment, meaning improvements can be pushed live within minutes.
Paysecure’s customisable cashier also allows operators to control taxation parameters, surcharge fees, transaction thresholds, and currency settings.
Viktoriia Degtiarova, CCO and Co-Founder at Paysecure, said: “Our dynamic cashier solution gives operators unprecedented flexibility to transform the payments journey into a real competitive advantage.
“The cashier is where players decide whether to deposit, return and ultimately stay loyal, so delivering the right experience directly impacts conversion and lifetime value. With our fully customisable, dynamic cashier, operators can fully control the look and feel of their cashier to create seamless, on-brand journeys that resonate with players, while localising flows for different markets and segments.
“The product is built with performance and reliability in mind, from faster checkouts and built-in smart routing to detailed insights on success rates, load times and player behaviour. That means operators can continually refine their strategy, boost acceptance from the first step and deliver frictionless, reliable payment experiences at scale.
“For iGaming businesses looking to strengthen brand resonance, drive repeat custom and unlock new growth, our dynamic cashier offers the most customisable and client-focused solution on the market.”
The Paysecure team will be at SBC Summit in Lisbon at stand E200.
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Paytently and Mastercard Partner to Launch Next-Generation Open Banking Payment Solution
Paytently, the specialist payments orchestration platform, has launched Paytently Open Banking powered by Mastercard Open Finance, an account-to-account payment option at checkout that lets customers pay directly from their bank and helps merchants increase conversion rates and improve cash flow.
This comes as Mastercard research[1] shows that more than three-quarters of consumers in leading markets already use open banking, fuelling demand for instant, account-to-account payments at checkout, giving merchants with “Pay by Bank” functionality a competitive edge.
Leveraging Mastercard’s open banking connectivity and Paytently’s orchestration layer, Paytently Open Banking streamlines payments end-to-end, bringing secure bank authentication, payment initiation, and enhanced reconciliation within a single flow for greater operational efficiency. Paytently’s proprietary orchestration engine routes each transaction over the most effective rail for instant payment confirmation and faster settlement.
“This collaboration with Mastercard marks a significant step forward in our mission to deliver robust, scalable payment solutions for sectors that demand more from their payments partner,” said Samuel Barrett, Co-Founder and CEO of Paytently. “By combining our orchestration expertise with Mastercard’s open banking technology, we’re enabling merchants to move money faster, reduce operational friction, and ultimately create a more seamless experience for their customers.”
“Our collaboration with Paytently brings the benefits of open banking payments to more merchants who value speed, transparency, and flexibility in their transactions,” said Valerie Nowak, EVP, Head of Open Finance APEMEA at Mastercard. “By combining Mastercard’s secure open finance infrastructure with Paytently’s expertise in complex payment environments, we’re enabling businesses to offer their customers another trusted and seamless way to pay.”
The partnership reflects a strong alignment between Mastercard’s global scale and secure open finance infrastructure, and Paytently’s agility and expertise in orchestrating payments for various sectors. Together, they are bringing an advanced open banking payment solution to market that delivers on speed, reliability, and customer experience.
Paytently and Mastercard will be presenting the solution together at SBC Summit in Lisbon, September 16–18, 2025, where Paytently is a Platinum Headline Sponsor.
[1] Rise of Open Banking Report, Mastercard 2024
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