Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get the stories that we non-fictional types just can’t get. With the release of Streets of Rage 4 now imminent (30 April!), ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, in all his paved glory, the Streets of Rage!
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Rejoice! The upcoming brawler revival Streets of Rage 4 will now feature four ways to play as Blaze Fielding! Behold, the latest trailer!
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Streets of Rage 4 finally has a full character roster! Publisher Dotemu has announced that the fifth and final fighter to join the long-awaited brawler is Floyd Iraia, a guy who has more metal arms than he has consonants in his last name. If he reminds you of Jax from Mortal Kombat, you’re not alone (he even yells “Gotcha!” when
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At X019, Microsoft announced a large number of new titles now available and coming soon to the Xbox Game Pass library. There will also be a steep discount for the game streaming service, with the first three months of an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription costing one dollar. But the big story is the games, right? You can check out
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Earlier today at Gamescom, SEGA unveiled the third playable character in Lizardcube’s upcoming brawler Streets of Rage 4: Cherry Hunter. You can check out Cherry’s reveal trailer below. Given her yellow top along with some of her fighting moves being similar to Streets of Rage 2‘s Skate (aka Eddie to his close friends), Cherry is almost certainly related to the
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SEGA and Dotemu officially revealed Streets of Rage 4 in March, and now we have roughly ten uninterrupted minutes of gameplay footage of the new brawler thanks to gamers at BitSummit, the Japanese gaming exhibition. Here’s the off-screen footage before I waste your time with more yapping. While we don’t have a list of platforms confirmed yet, seeing as how
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Pause your Shenmue session and grab a clean pair of pants, SEGA fans. On Monday, game publisher Dotemu blessed us with a reveal trailer for Streets of Rage 4, which will be co-developed by Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games. You can check out the trailer for yourself below. Series leads Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding are back, but it remains
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