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Mercenary Kings Reloaded Edition Coming February 6th

Enoch Starnes

To really drive that point home, Tribute Games has announced that Mercenary Kings Reloaded Edition will be available on February 6th. For PlayStation 4 and PC, it'll arrive in the form of a completely free update for current owners, but this will be the first time the game's available in any form on the Switch, so, you know, you gotta pay something for it.

Mercenary Kings - Shootin and Lootin in 4 Player Co-Op Stream

Nick Puleo

Our stream has us completing a few different goals - taking out a boss, collecting a certain number of elements, or simply poking those one eyed snipers in their only eye. Don't they realize having one eye doesn't make you a better sniper?

Mercenary Kings Co-Op Review

Locke Vincent

What do you get when Metal Slug has a baby with Monster Hunter? The answer is Mercenary Kings, the platforming, SNES throwback, shooter from Tribute games. After a widely successful Kickstarter campaign and an eternity of Early Access, Mercenary Kings is finally here. Consumers can bask in all of its nuevo-retro glory, filled to the brim with jaw d...

PlayStation Plus Offers Mercenary Kings for Free During April

Christopher Metz

Mercenary Kings will be available for free on PS4 to all PlayStation Plus members! The game was going to release like a normal title tomorrow, April 1st. However, now PS Plus membership will gets you the game for nothing at all, and this isn't an April Fool's joke either. The only thing that could make this any better is a cross-platform deal with the Vita, but a free (highly anticipated) indie title is still amazing! Any fans of the old-school Contra games should have a blast with this one. It's a fantastic-looking, 4-player co-op, 2D shooter that will hardly disappoint (trust us).

Mercenary Kings Comes to PS4 This April

Justin Reynolds

Tribute Games has announced the release date for the long awaited Mercenary Kings on PS4. The game will launch on April 1st, and we pray it's not an April Fool's joke. We got our hands on Mercenary Kings at E3 last year and for the most part enjoyed what we saw. With almost an entire year going by, we hope the game ...

Mercenary Kings Launches (For Real) in 2014

Taylor Killian

Mercenary Kings is a love story to games like Metal Slug and Contra from the developers of Scott Pilgrim VS The World. Let's take a brief moment to reflect on how much quality is packed into that previous sentence.

Mercenary Kings Early Access Now Available

D.J. Waaland

Mercenary Kings features a very enticing art design that harkens back to side-scrolling classics such as Metal Slug. In the game, you serve as a part of the 'Mercenary Kings' as you try and save the earth from the fearsome forces of CLAW. Along the way, you will be able to customize and craft a wide variety of guns and blades, and also upgrade your body armor.

Mercenary Kings Available On Steam Early Access Soon

Nick Puleo

Here's a take from our preview:

E3 2013 - Mercenary Kings Hands-On Impressions

Andrew Gaskill

Nick and I snaked our way through Sony's overcrowded booth. Well, it really wasn't a booth - it was more like an impressive display of dominance. It was bigger than Microsoft's show floor, and it seemed to have many more games on display than Nintendo. Sony's E3 offerings were laid before us. The only thing separating our eager hands from our sweet, sweet next-gen experience was a thousand other event goers with the same hopes, dreams, and inflated expectations.