Get Ready to Clean up the Streets: RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers Coming to PC and Nintendo® Switch™2 on 19 March 2026
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Prepare to step back into the streets of Neo-Cisco, where fists, combos, and Rage Mode await your return.
Karlstad, Sweden – November 12, 2025 - Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in partnership with developers City Connection, today announced that RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers will be coming to PC and Nintendo® Switch™2 on 19 March 2026.
Completely overhauled for modern audiences, RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers delivers non-stop beat-em-up action for one or two players. Take control of heroes Rick Norton and Douglas Bild as they band together with an expanded roster of four additional characters, battle to discover the hidden plans of the deadly Zeekus virus and attempt to discover the evil genius’s master plan.
Once dormant, the Rushing Beat franchise reawakens with RUSHING BEAT X, insisting that beat ’em-ups still have new tricks to offer modern gaming audiences. This latest instalment contains a host of new moves, new weapons and new allies. Gamers traverse stunning locations, spanning shopping malls, slums, subways and research facilities battling to uncover the truth and once again save the city from certain doom.
RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers delivers the action with modern refinements and fresh mechanics:
Dynamic Combat Mechanics: New auto-combo support for newcomers, counterattacks, cancelable moves, and “Beat Rush” finishing manoeuvres
Rage Mode: Build your meters to enter a heightened state, boosting attacks, speed, and unlocking devastating finishers
Cooperative Play: Team up with a friend locally, mix character styles, synchronise combos, and strategise
Diverse Stage Design: Battle through neon shopping districts, grimy alleys, underground railways, high-security labs, and more
Secrets and Unlockables: Optional side missions, hidden weapons, multiple character paths, and surprise revelations
The Rushing Beat franchise is bringing beat ‘em-up glory into the modern era with RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers launching on PC and Nintendo® Switch™2 on 19 March 2026.
For more information on RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers, please visit Clear River Games’ social media: X, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky. Be sure to wishlist the game now on Steam, so you do not miss out on the action.
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About City Connection
City Connection was founded in 2005 and owns the IP of long-established game maker ‘Jaleco’. The name ‘City Connection’ is reference to a previously released game by Jaleco, much loved by the City Connection president. City Connection is a game developer and publisher, as well as a soundtrack business (Clarice Disc), licensing business, publishing/editing/writing business, and engages in all manner of activities relating to video games. City Connection specializes in increasing the value of much-loved IP, utilizing some of the industry’s most experienced talent and reinventing games for a modern audience. City Connection strive to deliver quality games which delight gamers and respect original IP.
©CITY CONNECTION CO., LTD.
About Clear River Games
Clear River Games is a publisher with love for classic retro games. We are a small team in Karlstad, Sweden, founded by the Freemode Group (part of Embracer Group). Our vision is to bring the joy of experiencing vintage retro games and revived classic game franchises to players all over the world. We focus on publishing high-quality classic game franchises, modern retro and pixel art games and indie games that inspire gamers and bring back great memories of the past or discover new great games. With physical editions distributed online and in retail stores, we want to make great and unique games accessible to retro game fans around the world.
