![]() Pushing Metal Slug out to 2023 only means we’ll have even more tactics to look forward to next year, too. While I was hoping to get hands-on with Metal Slug Tactics this year, we’ve not been hurting for good strategy games in 2022 anyways. Dotemu has built up some goodwill over the years too. It is developed by Leikir Studio and published by DotEmu. Plus there are still fat tanks and boss fights. Metal Slug Tactics is an upcoming tactical RPG game and a spin-off title in the Metal Slug series. I’ve dumped countless quarters into Metal Slug machines over the years, and I’m a big fan of tactics games, so I’m primed to dig this one. Sure, the Metal Slug experience is now slower, but all the style remains, from the goofy character design to the exaggerated death animations. The project’s been largely quiet, aside from a trailer or two. Metal Slug Tactics will also apparently have some perks and skill trees to work with, though we haven’t seen too much of the actual game at this point. It’s got the distinct Metal Slug look, but from an isometric, Into the Breach-style perspective. Even though Metal Slug Tactics is played from an isometric point of view, it still looks great and features that amazing hand-drawn art style from the series that we have known and loved for so many years. Focus Home Interactive has acquired the French developer behind the upcoming Metal Slug Tactics, it has been announced. The visuals are awesome and very much have that Metal Slug style that we all know and love. The new Tactics entry will follow Marco and the gang through battle after battle. Fifth studio to be picked up by the publisher recently. Made in partnership with SNK, the game’s a collaboration between Leikir Studio and well-known makers of arcade-style games and retro revivals, Dotemu. Plus its got some pretty stunning pixel art. The combination of SNK arcade series Metal Slug and a healthy heaping of tactics was revealed during last year’s Summer Game Fest kick-off stream. This twist on SNKs popular Metal Slug series sees the side-scrolling shooter become a top-down, isometric strategy game. Marco, Eri, Fio, and Tarma are tinkering away to make #MetalSlugTactics as explosive as possible on release, but the squad needs a bit more time in the shop to prepare for the battles ahead. The news also came with a new piece of artwork, which is at least pretty rad. ![]() “Marco, Eri, Fio, and Tarma are tinkering away to make Metal Slug Tactics as explosive as possible on release, but the squad needs a bit more time in the shop to prepare for the battles ahead. In a statement on social media today, Dotemu says the team needs a little extra time. Dotemu and Leikir Studio’s Metal Slug Tactics is delayed, and now aiming for a 2023 launch. ![]() The game also features original music by Tee Lopes (League of Legends, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge).Marco and the crew will be going on a tactical adventure a bit later than expected. Metal Slug Tactics retains the bright and colorful pixel-art comic book style that has made the original series so recognizable and iconic. Of course, players have access to all of Metal Slug’s traditional weapons, so there will be gunfights and explosions aplenty as you face some of Metal Slug's iconic enemies. Thankfully, players can also use new gameplay elements such as combos, artillery support, skill trees, perks, and an adrenaline system that can fuel a devastating super attack. You can’t rely on memorization alone-you need to adapt your strategy in every battle to win. Back to main page Were getting a new Metal Slug in 2020 and my fingers are crossed Destructoid. It also introduces roguelike elements wherein map tiles and mission layouts are procedurally generated. Instead of the familiar run-and-gun gameplay, Metal Slug Tactics is a turn-based tactical game much like Gears Tactics and XCom. It's up to the Squad to take him down once and for all. Having been sheltered by a friendly country, he has gathered a new army and is planning-what else-to take over the world. The PF Squad's old enemy, Daniel Mordren, is alive and is hell-bent on revenge.
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