Streets of Rage 4 to receive new content, we just have to be patient

I’m all in for Estel Aguirre

Streets of Ragefans were thrilled earlier when the long-awaitedStreets of Rage 4finally launched earlier this year,receiving massive acclaim from both the press and the players.With razor-sharp gameplay, an inventive combat engine, a great soundtrack, and lush visuals,Streets of Rage 4proved well worth the hype and the wait.

Before long, fans started reaching out to the developers, asking whetherSoR 4would be receiving new stages, characters, or other fresh content in the future.And in a tweet posted yesterday,DotEmu has reiterated its original comments that the knuckle-bustin’ brawlerwillreceive new content, but there is no ETA or time frame on its arrival.

Streets of Rage 4

This patient process is an inevitability. After all,SoR 4features hand-drawn visuals and backgrounds – a lengthy, expensive, and painstaking endeavour. One can also look at platformerCuphead,which also saw an extended development cycle, and whose developer – Studio MDHR – is also unable tooffer a specific time-framefor its DLC expansion.

One thing’s for sure, whatever content eventually arrives forSoR 4, I’m in no doubt whatsoever that it will be worth it. I, like many fans, have everything crossed for the playable debut of bad-cop-turned-good Estel Aguirre, one of the many super-cool characters introduced in the new sequel. It may be many moons away, but I’m already excited to see what DotEmu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games has in store.