Travel back with me to the year 2004… There was no Facebook (until February, at least) and Netflix had yet to introduce streaming video. There weren’t even any iPhones and the idea of asking someone named Siri for help was completely unheard of. It was a simpler time.
From Software completed work on two games in the Armored Core series in 2004… but the prolific developer would release a third mech game that year. Even though it featured the absolutely bonkers premise of the President of the United States piloting a personal mech against his treasonous Vice President, the game known as Metal Wolf Chaos never left Japan.
But back in the present, From Software and Devolver Digital announced yesterday that Metal Wolf Chaos would finally make its way to North America in 2018 as Metal Wolf Chaos XD. The remaster will be developed by General Arcade, and it’ll feature “upgraded visual fidelity, refined controls and gameplay, a new save system, and 4K + 16:9 support for modern displays.”
Also, and I cannot repeat this enough, the President of the United States pilots a mech and does battle against his treasonous Vice President:
The country is in peril as President Michael Wilson defends the nation against a full-scale rebellion lead by Vice President Richard Hawk and the mechanized legions he commands. As the 47th President of the United States, it is your sworn duty to take your country back by any means necessary and end this unjust coup d’etat! Battle in your advanced mech… armed to the teeth… across iconic American landscapes including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Grand Canyon, and the front steps of the White House.
An E3 Trailer for Metal Wolf Chaos has been embedded above and it needs to be watched.
