I didn’t really know what to expect with Metal Slug Tactics, and I can safely say it shattered any expectations that I may have had. I don’t think there was a single moment when I was playing this ...

When Leikir Studio CEO Aurélien Loos first pitched the concept of Metal Slug Tactics to Dotemu, he wasn’t entirely certain whether the studio could actually pull it off. A relatively obscure outfit ...

I was not expecting the Metal Slug franchise to transition to the strategy game genre as well as it did. SNK’s classic action-platformer arcade series is a high-energy, bombastic shoot ’em up perfect ...

I don't know about you but I've never associated the Metal Slug series with strategy. The legendary run and gun games have always had more in common with Contra, Shootas, Blood & Teef, and Broforce ...

I’ve been looking forward to this game, and stubbornly drafting it on my Fantasy Critic brackets, for what feels like years. It almost feels weird to say it, but now I have played Metal Slug Tactics.

Acquired in 2022, Paris based video game developer Leikir Studio has been shut down by PULLUP Entertainment (at the time called Focus Home Interactive).

New Metal Slug figures will be reporting for duty. SNK announced that four from Tunshi Studio based on Metal Slug 3 characters are in the works. Marco, Tarma, and two Rebel Soldier figures are ...

The beloved run-and-gun classic targets a new generation This is paid content. It was written and produced in collaboration with the sponsor. Few side-scrolling shooters have withstood the test of ...

Metal Slug is returning as a grid-based tactical role-playing game with “roguelike elements,” publisher Dotemu announced during Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. It’s called Metal Slug Tactics, and a ...

In the entire history of videogames, there have only been a few recorded cases of a studio performing the forbidden alchemy of transposing a game into another genre entirely. Until now, the most ...

I love Metal Slug, but when Dotemu and Leikir Studios announced they were turning SNK’s cult classic run-and-gun sidescroller into a turn-based tactics game, I had two responses. They were, in order: ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's always been something endearing about Metal Slug. While its contemporaries like Contra ratcheted up the aliens and body horror, Metal Slug ...