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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It seems that in recent years that DotEmu has made a real name for ...

The gameplay trailer features the returning cast of Marco, Eri, Fio, and Tarma, each of whom appears to have a special class assigned to each unit. One of the gameplay features highlighted in the ...

Metal Slug Tactics is a much-anticipated take on the SNK run-and-gun arcade classic, bringing turn-based strategy to our heavy machineguns and rocket lawn chairs. Unfortunately, it looks like we’re ...

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 ...

Metal Slug Tactics is like fat-free lard. It just doesn’t make sense. I mean, just think about the Metal Slug franchise. At its core, Metal Slug is about loud, run-and-gun action where you go YOLO ...

A Metal Slug strategy game, Metal Slug Tactics, has been announced – and it's being published by Streets of Rage 4 developer, Dotemu. Shown off at Geoff Keighley's Kickoff Live at Summer Game Fest ...

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: ...

It’s not been a great year for tactics games. It looks as though fans of tactics games are in for a bit more disappointment this year. Publisher Dotemu has announced that Metal Slug Tactics won’t make ...

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 ...