Reminiscent of Team17's Worms series and the freeware PC classic Scorched Earth, the game expanded on the turn-based 2D warfare by bringing real-time gameplay into the mix. Positioned atop a randomized landscape, up to seven players could unleash heavy ordinance to destroy opponents and whittle down the surrounding terrain.

Death Tank originally appeared as a hidden game in Lobotomy Software's PowerSlave, released for the Sega Saturn in 1996. A second version, Death Tank Zwei, was hidden within Lobotomy's Sega Saturn port of Duke Nukem 3D, which arrived a year later.

No official announcements have yet been made, nor is it certain whether the title listed is indeed the same game as Lobotomy's hidden effort.

Lobotomy staffer Ezra Dreisbach, who is credited with the development of Death Tank, has since been working at Champions: Return to Arms (PS2) developer Snowblind Studios. According to the company's website, Snowblind is at work on "original IP next-gen projects," with job listings indicating that a third-person shooter and action-RPG are in development.