Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons to be released on consoles and PC this summer
Developer Secret Base and publisher Modus Games will bring a new chapter in the beloved Double Dragon franchise this year.
Revealed today, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons will be released this summer on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. An announcement trailer can be seen below.
A synopsis for the game reads:
New York City in the year 199X: the city has been devastated by nuclear war. Its citizens fight for survival as riots, crime and chaos flood the streets. Criminal gangs terrorize what remains as they vie for dominance. Unwilling to endure these conditions any longer, young Billy and Jimmy Lee take it upon themselves to reclaim their city.
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons gives players incredible, seamless tag team abilities and a multitude of strategies for devastating combos, defensive and offensive moves across the game’s 13 unique playable characters.
Series icons Billy and Jimmy Lee are joined by Marian, returning as a fully realized, firearm-wielding ranged fighter, and newcomer Uncle Matin, a riot-shield-wielding powerhouse. Tag in and out as the classic Lee duo or switch it up with different characters. With two-player local co-op, the action quadruples as you and a friend clean up the mean streets.
While Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons features local co-op, online co-op will arrive as a post-launch update later in the year. The game can be wishlisted on Steam here.
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