{"id":441283,"date":"2026-02-23T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441283\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:03:14","slug":"roguelite-double-dragon-gaiden-is-quietly-becoming-a-ps5-ps4-must-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441283\/","title":{"rendered":"Roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden Is Quietly Becoming a PS5, PS4 Must Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We liked retro beat-\u2018em-up<\/a> roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons<\/a> when it first released, but outstanding post-release support has quietly transformed this into a PS5 and PS4 essential.<\/p>\n

Dev Secret Base has been adding free character content to this game for over a year now, culminating in the release of four new characters last week.<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t know, this is inspired by the classic brawler gameplay of the original series, but it adds a roguelite twist \u2013 with a seemingly never-ending list of unlockables \u2013 to reduce the repetition the genre is generally known for.<\/p>\n

And with new characters Jackson, Jim Mackey, Bimmy Lee [Yes, the typo became a character! \u2013 Ed], and Armored Okada now available for free in all copies of the game, there\u2019s plenty of reason to return \u2013 or try it for the first time if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s not the absolute best brawler on the PS Store<\/a>; the likes of Absolum<\/a> and even Streets of Rage 4<\/a> top it in terms of consistent quality. But if you\u2019ve already beaten those and you\u2019re looking for a deeply replayable retro release with a roguelite twist, the sheer amount of post-launch content added here has transformed this one into a must.<\/p>\n

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

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\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 liked retro beat-\u2018em-up roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons when it first released, but outstanding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75216,59,45068,197,112,86,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-441283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-double-dragon","tag-gb","tag-maximum-entertainment","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441283","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=441283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}