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Double Dragon IV

"The next entry in the side-scrolling action game series Double Dragon is finally here! The story picks up after the elimination of the Shadow Warriors in Double Dragon II!"

50 30 January 2017

Double Dragon IV is a fighting developed by Arc System Works, released 30 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.

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What Double Dragon IV is

Double Dragon IV is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"The next entry in the side-scrolling action game series Double Dragon is finally here! The story picks up after the elimination of the Shadow Warriors in Double Dragon II!"
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 29 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Double Dragon series

Double Dragon IV is the 58th of 70 entries we hold in the Double Dragon series. It arrived 11 months after Arcade Archives: Double Dragon II - The Revenge. The next entry was Return of Double Dragon in 2018. Its critic score of 50 is 7 points below the series average of 57. The highest-rated entry is Double Dragon Neon at 76.

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How it was received

Double Dragon IV holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 21 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Shader Model 3.0 support with 512MB Integrated Memory. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Double Dragon IV launched on 30 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Double Dragon IV — frequently asked questions

When did Double Dragon IV come out?
Double Dragon IV was released on 30 January 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Double Dragon IV?
At minimum, Double Dragon IV needs Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Shader Model 3.0 support with 512MB Integrated Memory graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Double Dragon IV?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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