Metal Slug 3 is a first- person shooter video game developed and published by SNK. It was released worldwide on March 23, 2000, worldwide on June 1, 2000, in Japan on June 19, 2003, in South Korea on August 14, 2003, in Europe on November 5, 2004, in North America on May 25, 2004, in Japan on June 24, 2004, in Europe on November 5, 2004, in Europe on January 2, 2008, worldwide on March 17, 2012, in Japan on April 24, 2012, in Europe on May 31, 2012, in North America. July 12, 2012 worldwide, November 19, 2014 in Japan, March 24, 2015 worldwide, March 9, 2017 worldwide, December 21, 2017 in North America and Asia worldwide, and January 5, 2018 in PAL. The game was released for Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PS2, Xbox, Xbox Live Arcade, Virtual Console, Android, PC, PlayStation Network (PS3, PS4, Xbox One), Nintendo Switch, Linux, iOS, and Macintosh.