

Meanwhile, a new evil appeared and began to terrorize the galaxy, a planet lord called "The Master" that can create beings of steel and enslave humans by absorbing their souls. Its plot takes place after the events of Last Hope, where the evil empire was destroyed by pilot Vanessa Gaiden and although she escaped, her victory was short-lived as she never made it home and was declared missing in action.

Gunlord is a run and gun game reminiscent of Turrican where players assume the role of Gordian Gaiden across nine non-linear stages set in the planet Kairos II. An updated version with new content titled Gunlord X was released in 2019 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Gunlord garnered positive reception from critics since its release praise was given to the audiovisual presentation and exploration-based gameplay but criticism was geared towards several aspects such as the expansive level design, difficulty and technical issues on the Dreamcast version. Inspired by 16-bit titles such as Turrican, the game originally started development in 2003 but was postponed for various years until the project was resumed in 2010, lasting eighteenth months in production. Taking place after the events of Last Hope, the player assume the role of Gordian Gaiden facing against an evil lord called "The Master" on planet Kairos II while searching for his wife Vanessa, who went missing after defeating the evil empire. It is the first run and gun title from NG:Dev.Team and their third game overall. Gunlord is a 2012 single-player run and gun video game developed and published by German indie NG:Dev.Team for the Neo Geo MVS.
