<s>
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
beat'em	B-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
13AM	B-Application
Games	I-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
WayForward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2022	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Stadia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2.5D	O
side-scrolling	O
beat'em	B-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Streets	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
has	O
features	O
commonly	O
found	O
in	O
fighting	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
campaign	O
features	O
35	O
different	O
levels	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
four	O
major	O
locations	O
(	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Foz	O
do	O
Iguaçu	O
,	O
Cairo	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Tokyo	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Canadian	O
game	O
studio	O
13AM	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
first	O
had	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
making	O
a	O
kaiju	O
game	O
in	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
though	O
no	O
publisher	O
was	O
willing	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
title	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
shifted	O
their	O
attention	O
to	O
make	O
Double	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
13AM	O
developed	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
and	O
successfully	O
pitched	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
WayForward	O
at	O
E3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WayForward	O
announced	O
the	O
partnership	O
with	O
13AM	B-Application
Games	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
delayed	O
and	O
subsequently	O
released	O
digitally	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
Alex	O
Rushdy	O
described	O
the	O
art	O
style	O
as	O
a	O
mashup	O
of	O
Japanese	O
manga	O
and	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
Mike	O
Mignola	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Hellboy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
a	O
consistent	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
tone	O
,	O
Rushdy	O
organised	O
movie	O
nights	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
would	O
watch	O
movies	O
such	O
as	O
Godzilla	B-Device
(	O
1954	O
)	O
and	O
Gamera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shinji	O
Nishikawa	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
several	O
Godzilla	B-Device
films	O
,	O
helped	O
the	O
team	O
design	O
a	O
boss	O
character	O
,	O
while	O
Yuji	O
Kaida	O
,	O
who	O
served	O
as	O
an	O
illustrator	O
on	O
multiple	O
kaiju	O
projects	O
,	O
designed	O
the	O
cover	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
physical	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
writing	O
"	O
fans	O
of	O
either	O
beat-em-ups	B-Application
or	O
giant	O
monsters	O
will	O
want	O
to	O
grab	O
this	O
game	O
sharpish	O
and	O
get	O
to	O
smashing	O
and	O
demolishing	O
the	O
enemy	O
forces	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
