New screens of Golden Axe: Beast Rider

by Scott Jon Siegel { Feb 6th 2008 at 9:28AM }

San Francisco-based studio Secret Level has released new screenshots from the upcoming Golden Axe: Beast Rider. The title was first announced waaay back in 2006, and promises to be a next-gen upgrade to the classic side-scrolling, hack 'n slash Sega series. The game is currently slated for a summer 2008 release, and is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 (no beast-riding love for the Wii, it seems).

The shots disclosed so far don't reveal much in terms of the gameplay, but our journalistic sixth-sense tells us that the game will possibly focus on riding various kinds of beasts (honestly, sometimes we give ourselves goosebumps). Check out the gallery for all the Beast Rider images.

Gallery: Golden Axe: Beast Rider

Tags: golden-axe, golden-axe-beast-rider, goldenaxe, secret-level, secretlevel, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Co @ Feb 6th 2008 9:31AM

lmao @ Beast Rider. That's so bad it's just good.

Jerk Face @ Feb 6th 2008 9:45AM

Those screens make the game look way cooler than it is going to be.

CassilineKnight @ Feb 6th 2008 9:59AM

Agreed

I smell the stench of mediocrity...

And is it just me or do those screens look kinda bad? I mean it looks like they could use a lil polish. I wonder how good or not so good this game will be graphics wise.

ViagraFiend @ Feb 6th 2008 3:39PM

They look horrible to me.

Zootittles @ Feb 6th 2008 10:10AM

I'm still hopeful for this game. -fingers crossed-
Granted, it's probably because of my Golden Axe nostalgia.

paragraph @ Feb 6th 2008 9:57AM

"The shots disclosed so far don't reveal much in terms of the gameplay"

What do you mean?

You just learned the entire plot of GA:BR

1) you fight evil things
2) you ride beasts
3) ocasionally you mix 1 and 2

Pretty simple...

As long as they don't try and add too much more than that it'll be a great sucessor to Golden Axe...

I do belive people are forgetting how horribly great that game was... it was only good because it sucked so hard (IMO), it would be a dissapointment if this game that bears the same name achived anything more than that.

Phranctoast @ Feb 6th 2008 10:25AM

The best game for Golden Axe nostalgia is the Lord of The Rings games that came out last gen. Two Towers and Return of the King are pretty close to what I expected of a more current golden axe type game. TT is single player but ROTK allows for offline and online mp (servers are prob down by now)