The PlayStation Store is going to be getting some classics this holiday season. SNK Playmore is creating the PlayStation Network NeoGeo Station. As you can guess, it means updated versions of NeoGeo games will be released for both platforms.

There will be a total of 10 games available when the NeoGeo Station launches on December 21, 2010…

Atlus has a big surprise for PSP owners, it’s handing the North American release of Metal Slug XX. Just when you least expected it, Atlus stepped up with an announcement that the run and gun shooter will be released on February 23, 2010 for the budget price of $19.99.

Metal Slug XX is actually a port of the DS game Metal Slug 7. It will retain all of the content from Metal Slug 7, like the Combat School missions and new vehicles, and will also include even more content, like co-op multiplayer over ad-hoc wireless…

E3 hasn’t even arrived and we’re already getting major game announcements. The latest is the US localization of SNK Playmore’s Metal Slug 7, by Ignition Entertainment The DS game is, like traditional Metal Slug games, a 2D platformer where players shoot enemies and save captured civilians.

Metal Slug 7 may just be one of the biggest games in the series. It has a huge cast – Clark, Eri, Fiolina, Marco, Ralph and Tarma are all playable. It also has seven missions in new locations. Plus there will be new weapons to use, bosses to defeat and vehicles to tear through levels. The press release also mentioned extra gameplay modes, but doesn’t elaborate on what kinds of modes will be available.

With all big events and announcements going at this year’s Game Developers’ Conference, some of the more obscure things tended to not get the attention they so richly deserved, like SNK’s display of Metal Slug 7, which DS Fanboy found last Wednesday (February 25, 2008).

MS7 marks the first time a main, numbered iteration of the series is not first hitting the arcades, a fate that seemed to be in the…