Are you headed to PAX West this weekend? Publisher Dotemu has announced they’re bringing back Sega’s Streets of Rage franchise, and the sequel will be playable in Seattle for the first time.
Streets of Rage 4 is currently in development at Guard Crush Games, and Lizardcube has been tasked with creating the game’s hand-drawn visuals. Guard Crush is best known for their 2015 homage to the brawler genre, Street of Fury, though both teams have experience with reimagining Genesis-era games. Just last year, Lizardcube released side-scrolling platformer Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
An Announcement Trailer for Streets of Rage 4 has been embedded above, and Dotemu promised that fans of the franchise should expect an “arcade-style romp”:
Streets of Rage 4 builds upon the classic trilogy’s gameplay with new mechanics, a fresh story, and a gauntlet of dangerous stages with a serious crime problem. Streets of Rage 4 recalls classic gameplay but it stands as an entirely original arcade-style romp thanks to the expertise of Guard Crush Games and Dotemu.
Whether players gang up with a friend or clean up the city solo, Streets of Rage 4 is a skull-bashing, chicken-chomping delight all set to a thumping soundtrack sure to get your blood pumping.
We don’t yet know which platforms Street of Rage 4 is coming to, but given Dotemu’s track record, it seems likely they’ll try to make it as widely available as possible.
