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Ashley Bardhan

Gorgeous new tactical RPG based on 28-year-old run and gun arcade game may be the best way to reignite a forgotten franchise

A screenshot shows Metal Slug Tactics characters shouting in front of a sandy terrain.

Retro reboot publisher Dotemu revealed a new trailer for Metal Slug Tactics, a tactical RPG that could dramatically reinvigorate SNK's run and gun series, Metal Slug. 

Despite having roots in one of the most dynamic arcade games of all time, the 28-year-old Metal Slug franchise has started to rust. It hasn't received a fresh main game since 2008, and its most recent installments (the defunct card game Metal Slug: Commander and middling side-scroller Metal Slug: Awakening) left the IP to fall apart on mobile. 

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