Publisher Dotemu’s stupendous beat-’em-up revival Streets of Rage 4 has just received a big free update on all platforms, adding the likes of new co-op moves and a custom survival mode.
For the most part, today’s update is focused on fixes, tweaks, and balance adjustments – over 300 in total, according to Dotemu – designed to finesse the already stellar core experience. These range from the addition of new destructible objects around stages to help maintain combo counters, to specific character improvements.
However, there’re also new co-op-focused moves, including the ability to sling your partner across the screen – at which point they’re able to hit a button and perform a special attack.
Additionally, players that own Streets of Rage 4’s Mr. X Nightmare DLC can take advantage of a new customisable version of Survival Mode. Dotemu hasn’t gone into much detail here, but notes it’ll be possible to tweak a “variety of options”. Full patch notes can be found on Steam.