The perpetuation of the Metal Slug franchise has been a surprise to many. That's not because Metal Slug is made up of bad games or unpopular, quite the contrary, but that it seemed a better fit for another era of gaming. Metal Slug's found its successes as it was able, however. The latest example is Metal Slug: Awakening, a spin-off game developed by Chinese team TiMi Studios and published by Tencent on mobile devices. Now Tencent is even preparing to release Metal Slug: Awakening worldwide with PlayStation ports.