Altered Beast

Altered Beast is a 2005 beat 'em up video game developed by Sega Wow and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. The game is a reboot of the 1988 arcade game Altered Beast. While the gameplay still involves the main character transforming into different kinds of beasts like in the original, the story, characters and setting are completely different, along with notable gameplay additions. The game was released in Europe and Japan in 2005, but was cancelled for North America. Unlike the original Altered Beast which is set in the Greco-Roman world of Ancient Greece, the game features a modern setting unconnected to the previous installments.