Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 9th, 2021. You know how on Fridays I don’t usually do any news because there are so many new releases and sales that I don’t have time for anything else" Well, a few companies decided to launch some direct hits on my interests in the last 24 hours, so you get a few news stories to go with the avalanche of new releases and sales. There’s a lot of good stuff in today’s edition, friends. You won’t want to miss it. Let’s go!
News
‘Streets of Rage 4’ is Getting an Expansion

Streets of Rage 4 was one of my favorite games of last year. What can I say" I loved the original trilogy and the sequel delivered above and beyond my expectations. But things can always be better, right" Mr. X Nightmare is an upcoming DLC expansion for the game, and it adds three new playable characters to the game along with a new Survival mode, character customization, and some new weapons and enemies. Arriving along with it will be a free update that offers a new difficulty setting, palette swaps for the existing characters, and more. Only one of the three new characters has been officially revealed: Estel, the persistent police officer that dogs our heroes in the early stages of the story. There are silhouettes for the other two in the trailer, and it’s not hard to guess who they are. But I’ll leave that to you as a fun exercise. ‘NEO The World E...