If you grew up a Mega Drive kid, just the sound of this classic opening will make you smile. While the other kids at your school were going on epic SNES RPG adventures, you spent your evenings punching every punk that came your way, sometimes picking up bottles and pipes to get the job done. Nothing could stand in the way of gritty action heroes Adam Hunter, Axel Stone, and Blaze Fielding when it was time to save their city from evil criminal gangs. But it’s been almost 25 years since their last adventure, 1994’s Streets Of Rage 3, and Hunter, Stone, and Fielding have been out of the game for too long.
Finally, French publisher DotEmu has announced that Streets Of Rage 4 is on the way, bringing its particular brand of violent side-scrolling beat ’em up action to modern audiences. The game is in development at studios Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, both of which have a bit of experience remaking and paying homage to old Sega classics. Lizardcube is responsible for a 2017 remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap, while Guard Crush recently releases Streets Of Fury, a beat ’em up heavily inspired by Streets Of Rage.
Along with the announcement, Dot Emu has released the first trailer for the new game. You might notice some familiar faces:
No release date has been set yet and DotEmu hasn’t confirmed what platforms the sequel will be available on (although we’re crossing everything for a Nintendo Switch version…).
More on Streets Of Rage 4 as we get it!