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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

Double Dragon Gaiden rises up on Switch

Double Dragon by Technos was the brawler-of-record for a whole generation of gamers. My local record shop's sticky carpet was worn thin in front of it as endless coins were thrown down for a dose of weekend fisticuffs. For such a legacy, its a shame that little else has been done with the series, that tailed off with some 90s duds, until now. 

Enter Modus Games and Secret Base on development duty (behind 2018's Streets of Red), with a fresh mini-toons take on the two-player co-op, cartoony violence of the original across Switch, PC and PlayStation. Protagonists Billy and Jimmy Lee can team up with new characters to take down the bad guys and crime gangs across a strife-ridden New York City

Double Dragon Gaiden

New to the team is Uncle Matin with a defensive riot shield along with Marian (the kidnapped girlfriend in the original) providing some firepower. Players can tag in and out between characters, and there are more to uncover. 

New Double Dragon, from early screens, looks rather more like the Renegade series, but that's no bad thing. And the pace and intensity of the action has definitely been ramped up a few notches. Here's hoping they manage to squeeze in a remote co-op mode at some point. 

The limited fun of the original is also boosted, with dynamic missions, roguelite features and purchasable upgrades for characters at the end of each mission, to jazz things up a little. DD Gaiden, with the rather unnecessary subtitle Rise of the Dragons is out in Summer.


Find out more on the official site, and warm up your brawling skills on the original, available on most platforms through Arcade Archives. Finally, kudos to Arc System Works who own the Double Dragon rights, good to see them doing something exciting with them! 

Double Dragon Gaiden

If you can't wait, the recent Fight n' Rage from BlitWorks is well worth a bash. 

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