Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, an upcoming fighting game made by developer nWay, has been announced for an April release on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, and a PC release for sometime later in 2019.

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Described as an "easy to learn but hard to master" fighting game, Battle for the Grid spans the Power Rangers’ 25-year history and pits new and classic Rangers and villains against each other in team battles. Those who buy the game on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or PC will be able to cross-play online across these platforms, and “mission progress” they achieve can be accessed across platforms as well. More details for Battle for the Grid will arrive in the coming weeks.In the announcement teaser below, you can see three rangers who appear to be playable fighters: Red Ranger Jason Lee Scott, Green Ranger Tommy Oliver and what appears to be Yellow Ranger Gia Moran from Power Rangers Megaforce. The trailer ends with a quick cameo appearance from original Green Ranger actor Jason David Frank.Developer nWay created the mobile fighter Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. It appears Battle for the Grid could be a console and PC adaptation of this game. Legacy Wars was eventually updated to add Street Fighter characters. The standard digital download will be available for $20 while a special digital collector’s edition will be available to pre-order for $40 - this contains the full game download, a Season One Pass (which includes three new characters, their “Arcade story” and a new warrior skin), and exclusive Lord Drakkon Evo II and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pink Ranger character skins. Those who preorder will receive an exclusive Green Ranger V2 character skin and digital art book.“Power Rangers fans have been asking for a high fidelity fighting game on console and PC that match up iconic Rangers and villains across the expansive Power Rangers multiverse for quite some time now,” said Taehoon Kim, CEO of nWay. “We wanted to deliver this to the fans and make sure it has cross-play and cross-progression capabilities as we believe playing with friends across multiple platforms at the same time is where the future of gaming is headed.”For more Power Ranger news, read about how Spider-Man influenced the Power Rangers, check out our list of the 25 best Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes , and take a look at eight things we think a Power Rangers movie sequel needs to get right.

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