River City Ransom (known in Japan as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari) is a highly influential beat 'em up RPG from 1989 that has seen numerous ports and remakes over the years. I'm partial to the PC Engine version, myself! Back in 2017, an enhanced remake of Ransom was released on 3DS called River City: Rival Showdown. That game is now heading to PlayStation, Switch, and Steam in October with both local and online co-op!
The latest and greatest in run-n-gun gaming is now available to Xbox One users. By latest, I mean that the game has been out since 1999, and by greatest, well... it is pretty fantastic. Get your machine guns out and your calves stretched, cause as of this writing, a cool eight bucks can buy you Metal Slug X.
In an announcement video put out earlier today, Capcom slapped a fancy ol' release date (August 29th) on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Resident Evil: Revelations. Considering the game's 3DS origins, it looks pretty fantastic, but we're not here just to slack our jaws at higher resolutions.
While we've known since March that Resident Evil: Revelations would be getting a new release on PS4 and Xbox One, today we now have a release window and details for the 1080p update of the game. The new version will be releasing in Japan on August 31st with US and Europe releases to follow in the fall.
Okay, sure, so maybe Resident Evil: Revelations is over five years old now. And sure, maybe it was originally made for the 3DS. Still, it's a Resident Evil game that's coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and dagnabbit, that's good enough for me.
How many Resident Evil games have there been? If you take into account the main cannon, plus all the offshoots and then the remakes - too many to really care about. One co-op version of the game was Resident Evil: Revelations and its being relaunched again; this time for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Well, it's been out on Android, iOS and OUYA for, like, a year. Don't you think it's about time Billy and Jimmy got their act together for some PC co-op brawling? DotEmu agrees, and so Double Dragon Trilogy is finally available on Steam and GOG!
Yesterday, SNK Playmore announced that the infamous Metal Slug X is headed to Steam on October 2nd. A sort of enhanced remake of Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X came to iOS and Android earlier last year. Now, PC enthusiasts with a soft spot for tough-as-nails side scrolling shoot'em'ups can revel in glorious, pixelated action as well.
Released this month for OUYA, Double Dragon Trilogy includes the three installments in the classic 1980s beat-em-up franchise. For $2.99, you'll get Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2: The Revenge, and Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - that's about a buck per game.
Have you ever been surfing the web on your fancy smartphone and suddenly been struck with the urge to rescue a pixelated beauty named Marian from the evil Black Warriors gang? Who hasn't! Finally, we can all satisfy those random desires with the release of Double Dragon Trilogy for iOS and Android. Grab a pal and take it to the mean streets of such locations as "factory" and "woods" as you fight to rescue your lady love. Spoiler: She gets shot and dies in the beginning of Double Dragon 2.
Nintendo went ahead and announced the release date for the much-anticipated 3D Streets of Rage. The portable two player brawler drops on the e-shop in the US December 19, just in time to pick up a few copies as digital stocking stuffers. With the handy mobility of the 3ds, you don't have to worry about spending another nanosecond without punching some street trash right in their mean old face.
The Nintendo 3DS EShop is getting a several 3D remakes of classic Sega games. We've already seen a 3D Altered Beast coming, but another classic co-op franchise in the works is 3D Streets of Rage. While all the 3D Classic Sega games are coming to Japan on August 21st, there are plans to bring them to the West shortly after.
