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Heavy Metal Thunder

The game pits futuristic robots against one another in wrestling matches. The player controls a robot during battles using a four-icon menu. Three actions—strike, guard and grapple—can be executed at any time…

1 September 2005

Heavy Metal Thunder is a video game developed by Media.Vision, released 1 September 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Heavy Metal Thunder is

Heavy Metal Thunder was developed by Media.Vision and released in 2005. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game pits futuristic robots against one another in wrestling matches. The player controls a robot during battles using a four-icon menu. Three actions—strike, guard and grapple—can be executed at any time and augments the player's "beat meter".
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction.

What it launched against

Heavy Metal Thunder launched on 1 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

Quick answers

Heavy Metal Thunder — frequently asked questions

When did Heavy Metal Thunder come out?
Heavy Metal Thunder was released on 1 September 2005 for PlayStation 2.