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: ...

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 ...

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 unique in the world of gaming as being a hardcore run-and-gun shooter which practically everyone has heard of. Despite the fact that it launched on the super-exclusive Neo Geo system in ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Though the original developer of the Metal Slug arcade series and the arcade hardware is no longer around, publisher Playmore has succeeded SNK as the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Metal Slug Anthology, the Wii-mote waving anniversary celebration of the Metal Slug games, ...

Before it became cool to eschew polygons and return to sprites, SNK was pumping out gorgeous graphics in its run-and-gun series Metal Slug. Now one of the best in the series, Metal Slug 3 from back in ...

Given that playing Metal Slug 3 involves punching a piece of plastic as quickly as possible while 2D space globes swirl on a screen protected by alien squid and what sounds like a camp, Teutonic man ...

SNK did a decent job of distilling the action part of Metal Slug into a portable game. Metal Slug 7 is exactly what you would expect from the series: fast and furious 2D shooting. SNK stuck to their ...

Mighty Goose is one of the wildest modern run and gun games that perfectly captures the bizarre nature of Metal Slug. Players ...

Reviving the classic Metal Slug franchise, Metal Slug Tactics is a wholly new take on the run and gun shooters, branching off into a completely different genre. This is now a dynamic tactical RPG with ...