Alas, Square Enix shut the project down a few months after reveal.

As reported byPolygon, BlackJack Studio released a game called Metal Storm, or Mecharashi, in October 2024.

The trailer certainly looks rather Front Missionary.

A group of mechs standing on a dusty desert road from the tactics game Mecharashi

Square Enix have sent a bunch of DMCA takedowns to get the game yanked from storefronts.

It’s back on Steam as of this writing thanks to a counter-claim.

Find some examples below.

Side-by-side comparisons of two mech games from a Square Enix lawsuit

They want BlackJack to both remove said infringing material and cough up $150,000 per infringement.

It reminds me ofPhantom Brigade.

Ah, I hope we get another tactical mech game soon, once the lawyers have had their fun.