i'm not sure if my prayers have been answered, or if someone is trying to get my hopes up only to crush them back onto the ground. here are some of the upcoming titles that may or may not tie-in with the beat 'em ups of the past.
the warriors
final fight: streetwise
urban reign
kenka banchou (import, ps2)
-i recomend looking this one up, it might be the closest interpretation of a modern river city ransom.
beatdown: fists of vengeance
i might be missing a title -flipping through various magazines- tell me if that turns out to be true.
also: the gba version of dynasty warriors might fit the genre moreso than the polygon kin.