{"id":28427,"date":"2025-07-28T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/28427\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:02:15","slug":"hype-inducing-90s-style-brawler-toxic-crusaders-drops-4th-december-on-ps5-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/28427\/","title":{"rendered":"Hype Inducing 90s-Style Brawler Toxic Crusaders Drops 4th December on PS5, PS4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hype<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not personally familiar with the 90s show that\u2019s inspired Toxic Crusaders<\/a>, but we sure love a throwback retro beat-\u2018em-up.<\/p>\n

This one looks like it\u2019s stepped right out of the era of The Simpsons Arcade Game<\/a> and TMNT: Turtles in Time<\/a>, although while it\u2019s reminiscent of those old coin-op classics, it\u2019s clearly taking full advantage of modern hardware to make for a delightfully chaotic experience.<\/p>\n

Watch on YouTube <\/a><\/p>\n

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This one has been in development for a long time at developer Retroware, but it\u2019ll finally drop on 4th December for $24.99. Expect wishlisting to open up imminently on the PS Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the official blurb:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, earth\u2019s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! The hottest heroes of 1991 return for a radical, radioactive beat \u2019em up for a new era, featuring awesome action, crushing combos and more toxic waste than you\u2019ll know what to do with!\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be able to choose from seven different playable characters, each with their own unique moves and power-ups. In addition, the title will support full four-player co-op.<\/p>\n

This actually isn\u2019t the first Toxic Crusaders game, as a spin-off of the original show<\/a> launched on the NES, Game Boy, and SEGA Genesis in 1992.<\/p>\n

Are you a fan of the original Toxic Crusaders cartoon at all? Will you be checking out this beat-\u2018em-up regardless? Leave your toxicity in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re not personally familiar with the 90s show that\u2019s inspired Toxic Crusaders, but we sure love a throwback…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,197,112,16168,7019,86,17688,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-28427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-ps4","10":"tag-ps5","11":"tag-release-dates","12":"tag-retroware","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-toxic-crusaders","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}