The game will begin roughly three months prior to the events in the film, and we see what the gang was up to the summer before that one terrible night that will serve as the final act. You'll come to play as each member of the crew who, in true video game fashion, has its own unique moves. The core mechanics in The Warriors are basically the time-honored punching, kicking, and throwing seen in the old-school beat-'em-ups, which was once a major genre but has since thinned out considerably. However, combat in The Warriors is more than just a simplistic throwback to old-school games such as Double Dragon, Final Fight, and Streets of Rage.

You'll be able to perform heavy and light attacks, and there is a dedicated button for each attack. As you'd expect, you'll find a number of different button combinations that will yield powerful and painful combos. The combo system is actually more than just for show, as pulling off assorted combos will fill your rage meter, which, a la EA's Def Jam games, will let you enter rage mode when full. The mode lets you pull off more-powerful attacks, which are just what the doctor ordered. Pressing both attack buttons at the same time will perform your character's special moves, of which each character will have two.