Atari distributing Dead to Rights in the UK

By Robert Purchese Published 25 February, 2009

New game to put IP bark on track.

Atari will be the official European distributor of Dead to Rights: Retribution later this year.

Developed by Volatile Games, Retribution will feature a mature "neo-noir" tone and a rethought hybrid combat system. Hero cop Jack Slate can drop enemies from a far by firing from cover, either blindly or taking aim. Or he can close the gap using human shields. Then, once within arms-reach, he can disarm enemies or dispatch them with brutal combos.

Players get to play as canine crime-fighting companion Shadow, too, who can stalk around and clamber into spaces unreachable by his two-legged master. Working together, Shadow can alert Jack to danger, and also flush entrenched enemies from cover.

Retribution tells the story of these two unlikely partners meeting, before the pair turn their sights on Grant City and corruption plaguing its innards.

We've no more details other than a screenshot gallery to go by, for the moment.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Rpt81 #1 3 years ago

    So they've got the Rights to Dead to Rights?

  • Garulon #2 3 years ago

    Is anyone actually looking forwards to this game? DTRs 1&2 were absolute pants.

  • Triggerhappytel #3 3 years ago

    Like anyone really gives a shit. Honestly, (like Gar said) the first two were crappy poor man's Max Paynes, and coming from Volatile 'Reservoir Dogs' Games I don't expect this will be any better.

    If Namco were going to bring back one of their defunct action series it should have been kill.switch, not this rubbish.

  • ZuluHero #4 3 years ago

    i thought the first game had its moments (enough for me to play it through to the end). Didn't it reveiw quite well at the time as well?

    I only ever played a demo of the second one (on Xbox), and it was such a departure from the first (in a bad way) that i didn't bother with it.

  • Garulon #5 3 years ago

    "so you didn't like the first but still brought the second? :p "

    I bought the first and completed it for some reason, I only played the demo of the second but it was enough to know it's badbadbad.

    This just looks like the opportunity for Atari to burn some more cash on an AAA title. The Curse of Phil Harrison lives on!

  • radlord #6 3 years ago

    this is the very definition of a B series.

  • Entity #7 3 years ago

    I bet Atari were fighting of the competition to bag this little gem...

    "How to waste your money in a recession!" by Atari
    Suitable for consumers and corporate numbnuts.