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The digital download news deluge continues today with IGN confirming that Capcom intends to re-release a double pack of classic side scrolling titles Final Fight and Magic Sword sometime next year.

A classic side scrolling fighter, Final Fight cast up to two players as one of three quite different characters, as they attempt to rescue the Mayor’s daughter from the laughably named ‘Mad Gear’ gang by using their own unarmed fighting skills as well as any other weapons that come to hand.

Magic Sword on the other hand, takes the side scrolling genre and dumps it in a fantasy setting. Here the player must take their hero across the various stages in attempt to kill a big bad tyrant who seeks to do all kinds of nasty things to people, and quite possibly rabbits. The innovation that Magic Sword had over it’s side scrolling peers, was that the player could recruit allies as they progressed who would then aid in combat as well as providing other useful talents such as healing or stealing treasure.

I’m quite the sucker for side scrolling fighters, so Capcom; I salute you.

Hot on the heels of the yet to be released XBLA version of Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, comes the news that a similarly ‘HD-ified’ sequel to the titular brainless FPS will hit PC & XBLA early next year.

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter will boast the same HD sheen as it’s predecessor and will also boast an online co-op tournament mode, whereby teams of bloodthirsty folks can team up to see which team can kill the most bad guys.

Pricing details have yet to be announced.

This news is all very welcome, but the first one actually getting a release on XBLA (the PC version has been available for a while now) would be more welcome.

Hop to it Croteam!

Perhaps the only reason to buy the overpriced Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition, Call Of Duty Classic will finally get released seperately on the 360 and PS3 digital download services this Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

The ‘remastered’ Infinity Ward debut FPS, boasts the same fully fledged campaign mode as we saw back in 2003 as well as eight player multiplayer too.

Call of Duty Classic will retail for 1200 MSP on XBLA and £9.99 on PSN.