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Review Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons (Switch) - Likeable, But Lacks Its Peers' Punch
Streetlight people
When violence is the core vice of most video games, and in the case of Mortal Kombat, viscerally so, it’s worth exploring how it translates to sensory player feedback. Double Dragon Gaiden works well in terms of negotiating increasingly difficult enemy gangs with creative use of your expanding moveset, but, while the series'...
Review Streets Of Red - Devil's Dare Deluxe (Switch eShop)
Cowabunga!
Back in the glory days of the arcade, beat ‘em up games represented some of the most fun and most challenging games that you could find. With a clear narrative and finite stages to follow, these games could be 'beaten', but it often took a monumental effort and a fistful of quarters. Secret Base wanted to revisit that experience in the...
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Wednesday7th May 2025
News Double Dragon Gaiden Doubles The Fun With A "Free DLC" Update On Switch
Beat 'em up today
[Tue 18th Mar, 2025 02:30 GMT]: If you love beat 'em ups on the Switch and haven't tried out Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons just yet, now might be the time to finally give it a go. Maximum Entertainment has announced there's some new "free DLC" on the way in the form of two new fighters Jeff and Abore. These two...
Sunday17th Mar 2024
News Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons Getting Free DLC Update In April
Online co-op, new modes, characters & more
The 2023 beat 'em up Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons will be getting a free DLC pack next month. Maximum Entertainment has announced this Double Dragon title will receive the free "Sacred Reunion" DLC on 4th April 2024. This will add "new modes, characters, online co-op, and more" across all...
Wednesday31st May 2023
News Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons Lands On Switch In July
Dragon's (gai)den
Revealed at the start of May, Modus has announced the release date for the upcoming retro-flavoured Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. It's launching for PC and consoles on 27th July 2023. The release date reveal is accompanied by the requisite release date reveal trailer, of course — which you can see above —...
Friday26th Oct 2018
News Indie Beat 'Em Up Streets Of Red Receiving Free Content Update This Halloween
Also discounted until 20th November
Streets Of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe by Secret Base is a bloody multiplayer beat 'em up that arrived on the Switch eShop earlier this year. As low-key as the release might have been, the game turned out to be quite good - receiving positive feedback from reviewers and fans. This led to more than 10,000 copies being...
Thursday26th Apr 2018
News Streets Of Red Is The Latest Indie Game To Find Huge Success On The Switch
"Thanks again for the kind words and helping to make a dream come true"
A couple weeks ago, a game called Streets of Red – Devil’s Dare Deluxe came to the Switch eShop, bringing a fun retro beat ‘em up game that’s great to play with friends. We really liked it, although the game was admittedly a rather niche and minor release that had gone...
Thursday22nd Mar 2018
News Streets Of Red Launches On The Switch eShop On 29th March
Better late than never
Some of you may remember Streets of Red: Devil’s Dare Deluxe, a permadeath beat ‘em up that was due to release on the Switch last month. The game was supposed to launch on 27th February, but that day came and went without a peep. Though no announcement was made relating to why this date was missed, those of you that were...
Monday5th Feb 2018
News Something Sure Does Look Familiar About This Streets Of Red Intro
Permadeath multiplayer horror beat'em up action for Switch
Wouldn't it be great to get a new Streets Of Rage game for Switch? As that's unlikely to ever happen, Streets Of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe might be the next best thing. It's got the classic Streets of Rage intro nailed anyway! Alas the gameplay looks much different from SOR. Singapore...