SNK Corporation has announced the launch of METAL SLUG 30th Anniversary Project. The project aims at bringing back to life an iconic franchise through different initiatives, including the development of brand-new titles.
METAL SLUG is one of the most prominent names when it comes to gaming and since the franchise has been around since 1996. It will not be fair if we do not say that this franchise gave life to the run-and-gun genre. With 7 mainstream titles and multiple spin-offs released in the past 30 years, METAL SLUG has been played by nearly every gamer once in their life in one form or another. This makes it one of the most influential video game franchises in history and it seems like SNK is gearing up to bring it back to life after a long hiatus.
SNK Announces the Launch of Metal Slug 30th Anniversary Project
With the franchise now finally hitting 30 years, SNK is celebrating this massive milestone with a special anniversary project. As part of this project, the developer has launched a special anniversary website, social media accounts and a retrospective video which showcases the franchise’s past, present and its future. Fans will be happy to know that SNK is working on new games for the franchise as well.
As part of the celebrations, additional celebratory content will roll out in the coming months, and you can follow it through the developer’s official X account or the new special anniversary website which is now live. Additional information will be revealed through these social media pages and the official website about what is next for this iconic franchise.
This is not the first time that SNK has done something special for METAL SLUG’s anniversary milestones. To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the franchise, SNK released a third-person shooter, Metal Slug, for the PS2 system, which was the first-ever third-person shooter in the franchise. Other unique titles to celebrate milestones include Metal Slug Defense, a tower defense game which was released in 2014 but shut down in 2023. The last mainstream METAL SLUG title was METAL SLUG 7, and it came out exclusively on the Nintendo DS.
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