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The upcoming Streets of Rage 4 has enlisted a group of world-class composers for its soundtrack. Yūzō Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima, who worked on the franchise in its heyday, will be joined by Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter II), Hideki Naganuma (Jet Set Radio), and Keiji Yamagishi (Ninja Gaiden) on the revival.

Capcom has uploaded a bunch of its video game soundtracks to Spotify under the artist name Capcom Sound Team. The albums include music for Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Okami, as well as some games not released outside of Japan. Finally no more fiddling around with fan-curated YouTube playlists.

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Video game composer Saki Kaskas passed away earlier this week at the age of 44. Kaskas’ work appeared in games including the Need for Speed series, Sim City 4, and Mass Effect 2. The news was made public by friend and collaborator, Rom Di Prisco in a Facebook post. “His guitar work, synth work, audio production

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