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PlayStation Plus July free games include Dead Space 3, Towerfall Ascension, Strider

PlayStation Plus subscribers will get free access to games such as Towerfall Ascension, Strider and Dead Space 3, Sony Computer Entertainment announced via the PlayStation Blog and PlayStation Blog...

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Strider - Overview video

Strider incorporates several great tastes, all of which taste great together. Lightning-quick combat and traversal mechanics? Yes, definitely. Unlockable abilities and power-ups rewarded to players...

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Strider review: running man

Strider manages to balance a sense of its history with the push for modernization. Capcom released a pair of Strider games in 1989. The first was a more traditional arcade beat-em-up, a...

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Why Strider won't be affected by Amazon's acquisition of Double Helix

Amazon's acquisition of Double Helix Games won't affect the upcoming Strider reboot, producer Andrew Szymanski said during a Q&A yesterday on Capcom Unity. "Has Amazon's purchase of DH affected...

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Double Helix Games acquired by Amazon (update)

Killer Instinct developer Double Helix Games has been acquired by Amazon, a spokesperson confirmed to Polygon today. Reports first surfaced on TechCrunch; according to the publication, the deal...

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Strider hits PlayStation Feb. 18, Xbox, PC Feb. 19 with new modes

Strider, developer Double Helix Games' modern take on the classic Capcom sidescroller, is headed to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on Feb. 18 and Xbox 360, Xbox One and Windows PC through Steam on...

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Strider screenshots

Screenshots from Double Helix Games' Strider.

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Strider video compares new soundtrack to the classics

A new video for Capcom's modern reboot of classic action series Strider compares the new game's music to that of its predecessors. The Strider reboot's score contains remixes of popular tunes from...

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Spruced and scarfed, Strider is ready for his big return

Scheduled for release early next year, Double Helix's reimagined version of Strider is nearing completion. Like many games based on old franchises, it's planned as a download-only title, with a...

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Strider reboot will come bundled with original PSOne Classics in Japan

Capcom's Strider reboot will launch in Japan bundled with the PSOne Classics versions of the original Strider and Strider 2, according to the most recent issue of Famitsu. According to Re: Gigen,...