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Neo Geo Final Vendetta Hitting the Streets Soon! And Happy 1st Birthday to Final Vendetta!

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Bitmap Bureau’s brilliant beat ‘em up Final Vendetta celebrates its first birthday today, and to celebrate, Bitmap Bureau have announced that Neo Geo Final Vendetta is coming in the next few months, in both AES and MVS flavours, and pre-orders are open now, in advance of the game’s scheduled release window of Q4 2023-Q1 2024.With its 2D retro-styled beat ‘rm up action, Final Vendetta is perfectly suited to the Neo
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The Tale of Clouds and Wind releases on modern consoles

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A lost Mega Drive game, Water Margin: The Tale of Cloud and Wind, has made its way to Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. It was released back in the 90s as an exclusive in Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese markets and featured stolen assets from other contemporary games such as Final Fantasy. A few years ago it was picked up by Piko that stripped all the stolen assets and replaced them
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Scrap Riders new video reveals release date

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The upcoming new pixel art beat'em-up adventure from Microids will be landing on Switch ans Steam 9th January 2023. The much anticipated Scrap Riders looks promising and mixes up the brawler mechanics with point-and-click style adventuring. It sounds like a strange blend of genres but watching the gameplay video shows that it is working. From what we can see the beat 'em-up sections are separated from the dialogue and puzzle
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Streets of Rage – Movie Update

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Earlier this year, we brought news that DJ2 Entertainment was adapting Streets of Rage into a movie. Derek Kolstad, the creator of John Wick and writer of Bob Odenkirk's Nobody film last year was attached to the project. According to Variety, now it seems the movie rights have been acquired by Lionsgate, and thankfully Derek Kolstad is still onboard as writer and producer. Lionsgate has a history of video game
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New beat ’em-up Scrap Riders releasing September

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Another retro-inspired beat 'em-up is making its way to Nintendo Switch and Steam 21st September 2022. Scrap Riders is described by publisher Micriods as 'a pixel art beat’em up adventure game set in a cyberpunk future. You play as Rast, a member of the outlaw bikers gang Scrap Riders, and make your way through the wastelands as well as a big metropolis controlled by corporations. Act as a smuggler with
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STREET FIGHTER VI REVEALED AMID CAPCOM DATA LEAK

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Capcom finally revealed Street Fighter VI during Sony's recent State of Play showcase stream. The trailer unveiled the game's new art style, a graffiti and a hip-hop infused world that evokes memories of 1999's Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Also revealed was the hub world of an explorable Metro City and the promise of robust single-player content with 'World Tour' mode.When it came to showcasing the actual combat of Street
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Streets of Rage – The Movie!

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Following on from the two highly successful Sonic the Hedgehog movies, and the newly announced It Takes Two adaption, DJ2 Entertainment has just announced their plans to produce Streets of Rage into a fully-fledged movie of its own. Written by Derek Kolstad, who wrote the incredible Nobody last year - not to mention being the creator of a certain John Wick - big things are expected as to how the
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NEW BEAT ‘EM UP: DAWN OF THE MONSTERS

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Hot off the press this week is a new “co-operative kaiju beat ‘em up” from developer 13AM Games - Dawn Of The Monsters. Featuring an art style inspired by Mike Mignola, this 2.5D scrolling fighter sees you taking on the Nephilim, big ugly monsters who are hell-bent on destroying the entire planet. Taking control of your kaiju, you'll be engaging in what looks to be a pleasingly deep combat system,
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