The game from Yuke’s and Arc System Works has a release date, and we also found out what pre-order bonuses you can expect.

You can buy the base game for $35 and the deluxe version for $50. In addition to the base game, the deluxe version will include additional colors for the character packs, a digital art book, and a digital soundtrack. Those who pre-order this version will be able to start playing a day early. Whichever version you pre-order, you will also receive a bonus game, Double Dragon Dodge Ball.

Double Dragon debuted in arcades in 1987, so the franchise has been running for nearly four decades and has been through several developers. The latest installment (which looks like a cross between King Of Fighters and Street Fighter 6) is being developed by Yuke’s. It will be a 3D episode that will feature some old villains against the Lee brothers, but as we’ve come to expect, expect side-scrolling fights in the gameplay. We’ll get the same simple and intuitive gameplay as before, but the controls and difficulty have been updated for the modern era.

The experience will be overseen by ArcSys, and given their experience with fighting games (they’re behind the Guilty Gear IP, for example), that’s not a bad idea, and new players should be able to get up to speed quickly. It’s good because there will be multiple difficulty levels (they won’t have just one), so we can make things a little easier.

You have to adapt and vary during fights, so you can’t just play through it with one move (so just pressing a button won’t get you a good result). You need to learn your opponent’s attack patterns to find the most effective timing. Weapons will be scattered around the maps for you to pick up, but there will also be different environmental elements in the regions that you can use.

Double Dragon Revive will be released on 23 October for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Deluxe version will be available to play from 22nd.

Source: Gematsu