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Five O’Clock Fan Art: House of the Undead

Dylan Duarte — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:00:48 +0000

You know, why not? Who cares? House, good show that it is, has been on long enough now. I think a major revamp is long overdue.

Five O’Clock Fan Art is perfect for wrapping up the work day. You don’t want to think anymore, you just want to look at awesome things. And there’s nothing more awesome than a well crafted piece of videogame fan art. If you don’t agree, what the hell are you doing at a gaming blog?

I think mishinsilo is a little bit too creative.

The House Of The Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut Revealed

Chris Carlson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:45:40 +0000

Sony announced The House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut just before E3 this year and today on their blog they showcased the games box art, a few posters, new screens and details. The game will feature 3D and PlayStation Move support, two brand new scenarios added, and all seven stages of the original remastered. Check out the full list of exclusives features below:

PlayStation Move and Sharp Shooter compatible
OVERKILL fully remastered – available in high definition, with stereoscopic 3D for the first time ever
Extended with 2 additional levels not featured in the original game
Exclusive crossbow weapon
New baby mutant type
New Hardcore Mode – mutants can only be killed with headshots
New Classic Mode – play through the entire game using only the AMS Magnum
Exclusive Missing Reel – an extended boss fight with “Mother” in “OVERKILL”, the game’s final level
Online leaderboards to track high scores and player statistics
Collectibles to grab throughout all levels to unlock bonus materials; comic pages, music tracks, 3D models and 2D artwork
New PlayStation Trophies to unlock
Improved boss fights in all levels
New and improved cutscenes using motion capture
And more still to come!

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut will be released on October 25th exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut Coming to PS3 with Move/3D Support

Matthew Sims — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:45:40 +0000

Remember that underrated Wii game House of the Dead: Overkill? No? Well you probably aren’t alone there. Mature titles, regardless of quality, usually don’t find too much of an audience on Nintendo’s flagship console. Just ask Sega about their other mature themed romp Madworld.

Unlike Madworld, House of the Dead: Overkill will receive a chance to find an audience on another console with the release the House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut. The title is an on-rails shooter that puts you in the middle of a zombie outbreak in Bayou county. You (and possibly a friend) must blast your way through 7 stages plus 2 additional stages exclusive to the new Extended Cut version.

The title will be getting a full graphical upgrade and will feature both 3D and Move support, a must for an on-rails shooter.

Using a host of weapons, watch your back as mutants go mad for blood! Blast bloody pieces out of their wretched bodies to save you and a friend’s life as you work to uncover the mystery behind the outbreak. New goodies like PlayStation® trophies, new game modes and new content are outnumbered by only one thing: Bullets. Will you defeat everything this freakish nightmare town throws at you or will you become mutant chowder?

Get ready for copious amounts of cursing, bloody mutants, and strange protagonists when Sega unlocks the House of the Dead on October 28th.

Aliens, House of the Dead Could Come to 3DS

Sam Naylor — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:43:08 +0000

Sega West’s president Mike Hayes has stated that we could see titles like Aliens and House of the Dead coming to the Nintendo 3DS.

“If the audience for 3DS is much broader it could give us much more scope in that market,” he says. “We could bring, let’s say, a House of the Dead or an Aliens title.”

Hayes also notes that the 3Ds is likely to bring a more hardcore audience to the handheld market. Strange, because I’m pretty sure most proper hardcore gamers have owned an handheld at some point. The DS has endless amounts of brilliant games for gamers, and the Game Boy line had too many hardcore games to count.

Still, Aliens and House of the Dead on 3DS? Sounds good to me. Zombie games of any kind are welcome, but won’t tapping on the zombies turn it into a bit of a “whack-a-mole” type game? Let’s hope they can figure out something better.

GamesIndustry.biz via Destructoid

Gore and Awesome… Goresome? Sega Announce The House of the Dead: OVERKILL

John Kershaw — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:16:54 +0000

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Touted as a pulp horror game, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL (the name is actually in caps) was announced today at Leipzig, and although it’s no Jet Grind Radio, it does still look to be an awesome addition for the Wii.

Sticking to the classic on-rails shooter mechanic, but adding “a new retro look, with distinctive graphics, sound and attitude that will add to its horror cool status,” this new addition to the House of The Dead franchise looks to be styling itself, quite rightly, on the classic 80′s zombie films.

Now, just add a hot chick with a gun for a leg and I’m sold.

LEIPZIG (August 19th, 2008) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced The House of the Dead: OVERKILL, an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the classic SEGA light-gun shooter franchise. Created by London-based studio Headstrong Games, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will take you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series. Available exclusively on the Nintendo Wii early in 2009 and announced to coincide with Games Convention at Leipzig, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will be presented live by developer Headstrong Games for specially invited members of the press in SEGA’s business centre suite.

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL uncovers the ugly, terrifying, red hot secrets behind the House of the Dead; the daddy of all over-the-top shooters. While staying true to the classic gameplay this hugely successful SEGA series is getting a new retro look, with distinctive graphics, sound and attitude that will add to its horror cool status. Plus, thanks to the Wii Remote™, players will fight off zombies when they get too close; pistol-whipping jaws off and smashing in skulls with their shotgun butt.

“We wanted to do something really different with The House of the Dead: OVERKILL,” commented Bradley Crooks, Studio Head at Headstrong Games. “With SEGA we’ve been able to create a fresh look for the franchise. I think you’ll agree it’s like nothing you’ve seen before on Wii.”

“Paying homage to the pulp horror comics and films that inspired generations of gore fans, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will expose gamers to a brand-new fleshy rollercoaster ride of revolting dismemberment,” commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director at SEGA Europe. “This is the hardcore Wii title you’ve been waiting for.”

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL takes you back to when Special Agent G was fresh out of the academy. Teamed up with hard-boiled bad-ass Detective Washington, they are sent to investigate stories of mysterious disappearances in small-town Louisiana. Little do they know what blood-soaked mutant depravity awaits them in the streets and swamps of Bayou City…

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will be released in early 2009, exclusively for Nintendo Wii. For more information about the game, please visit www.houseofthedeadoverkill.com.