It’s been 24 years since the release of the last instalment of Streets of Rage, a gritty, over-the-top side-scrolling action game series developed and published by SEGA for its 8- and 16-bit consoles – and it’s finally getting a new sequel.
That’s thanks to studios Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, as well as Paris-based publisher Dotemu, which are working together on Streets of Rage 4.
They have a trailer out that shows a beautiful new hand-drawn art style and animations, two of the game’s iconic characters – Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding – who you can play with either solo or in co-op mode, and tackle a shadowy villain in a city riddled with criminals.
It doesn’t explain what sort of new game mechanics we can expect – though the press release promises some. Dotemu also hasn’t specified which platforms the game will be available on, or when it’ll arrive.
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However, it’s worth noting that the publisher is collaborating with Lizardcube just as it did on 2017’s Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, and they launched that title on PS4, Xbox, Switch, Windows, Mac, and Linux; hopefully they’ll do the same with this new project.
As someone who grew up on a steady diet of co-op brawlers, I can’t wait to fight crime with my bare knuckles again. Chop chop, Dotemu.
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