Gunhound was originally released back in 2009 on the PC, followed by an enhanced PSP release in 2010. Now 4 years later in 2014, the game makes its way back to PC on Steam and Playism to Western audiences for the first time. It was made as a tribute to other mecha shooter games like Assault Suits Valken (Cybernator in the US), and thankfully it’s just as every bit as good as that game. Read more as Eric Kelly of Gametactics reviews Armored Hunter Gunhound EX for Windows PC.
There’s a glimmer of hope for a new Langrisser, a tactical RPG series that ended with the Wonderswan game, Langrisser Millennium WS: The Last Century. Video game company Extreme who makes moe mahjong games made an agreement with Nippon Computer Systems to handle licensing for the entire Masaya catalog.
This includes bizarre beefy shooter Cho Aniki, Gley Lancer, the Assault Suits mecha series. Dracule, makers of Gunhound EX, already announced a PlayStation 4 version of Assault Suits Leynos aka Target Earth in the West.
