Metal Slug Anthology

Sony fans with a hankerin' for some Neo-Geo retro fun ought to check out SNK Playmore's Neo-Geo Sale on PSN. For the next week, 17 titles are priced at 50% off, and there's some lasting classics in there...

OXG talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Coro Pata (DS import), Darius Burst (PSP import), Lina no Atelier: Strahl no Renkinjutsushi (DS import), Simple 2500 Series: Akuma Hunters – Exorsister (PSP import), and Metal Slug XX (PSP import).

It looks like no game is safe from Hollywood - not even Hideo Kojima's legendary Metal Gear series, Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed yesterday, is indeed being adapted into a full-blown motion picture. "We're working with the Metal Gear guys," Sony Pictures Entertainment Vice Chairman Yair Laundau revealed to Gamespot, following his D.I.C.E. keynote in Las Vegas. "It's a very cinematic game, it really lends itself to movie-telling. But the question is, 'How do you translate Snake's

Atari today announced their new releasedates for december 2006 and 2007. Most interesting is probably Alone in the Dark 4, the game is coming for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and good old Playstation 2 in March 2007. Complete releaselist: 04.12.06 - Blade Dancer (PSP, RPG) 07.12.06 - Point Blank (NDS, Shooter) 14.12.06 - Totally Spies 2 (NDS, Family) 14.12.06 - Thrillville (PS2/PSP, Simulation) Dezember 2006 - Metal Slug Anthology (PSP, Shooter) 11.01.07 - The King of Fighters XI (PS2, Fighting) 18.01.07 - Arthur &The Minimoys (PS2/PSP/NDS/GBA, Action/Adventure) 18.01.07 - Metal Slug 1 (GBA, Shooter) 25.01.07 - SNK VS Capcom Card Figthers (NDS, Trading Card Spiel) 25.01.07 - Vegas Casino (NDS, Family) 25.01.07 - Actua Pool (NDS, Action) 31.01.07 - Samurai Shodown (PS2, Fighting) Januar 2007 - King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 inkl. Movie DVD (PS2, Fighting) Januar 2007 - Metal Slug Anthology (Wii, Action) 08.02.07 - Battle Zone (PSP, Action) 15.02.07 - Test Drive Unlimited (PS2/PSP, Rennspiel) 22.02.07 - Hot PXL (PSP, Arcade) 08.03.07 - Bullet Witch (Xbox 360, Action) 22.03.07 - Dungeon & Dragons Tactics (PSP, RPG) 22.03.07 - Tamagotchi Connexion Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Simulation) 29.03.07 - Gunpey (PSP/NDS, Action) März 2007 - Alone in the Dark 7 (PS3/PS2/Xbox 360, Action/Adventure)

After yesterday's screenshot burst of 2D arcade shooter Metal Slug Anthology, soon to be released to celebrate 10 years of small men shooting lots of other small men, we've got our hands on a trailer to show off the classic gaming in motion. Check the Movies tab above and select "Metal Slug Anthology - gameplay 2 11-28-06" to see it now. Metal Slug first appeared a decade ago and since then gamers have fallen in love with its all-action style which has appeared on almost every format

We don't want to complain about our fancy new hardware not being pushed to its limits, but the side-scrolling shooting of Metal Slug Anthology wouldn't even overwork the DS. So, it's a little strange to bring you about a billion new screens for the high-powered PSP and, of all of systems, Wii, that look like they could be from a Game Boy Advance game. The screens also weren't differentiated, as to which were PSP and which were Wii, but let's just assume both platforms can handle the Metal Slug

Metal Slug 6 will appear in Metal Slug Anthology for the PSP, despite never being released outside of Japan.

Friday 31 March 2006 SNK Playmore USA has announced Metal Gear Slug Collection for PSP, a compilation of six - yep, six - Metal Slug games. Taking in Metal Slugs 1-5 and X, it'll be released this autumn and represents one of the most impressive series-themed packages we've yet seen. The Metal Slug games are simple but charming 2D shooters, and have been a common sight on PS2 and Xbox in recent years. They're often worth a quick blast, something for players to regularly dip into, but it's hard