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Atari distributing Dead to Rights in the UK News

Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

25 February, 2009

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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Rpt81
25/02/09 @ 15:04
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So they've got the Rights to Dead to Rights?
Garulon
25/02/09 @ 15:26
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Is anyone actually looking forwards to this game? DTRs 1&2 were absolute pants.
CountFapula
25/02/09 @ 15:37
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so you didn't like the first but still brought the second? :P
lord
25/02/09 @ 16:18
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Have they stopped suing everyone yet?
Triggerhappytel
26/02/09 @ 09:57
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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
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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.
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"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!
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this is the very definition of a B series.
CountFapula
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Garulon, I take it you missed Atari snapping up the excellent looking (and highly anticipated) Ghostbusters game, Tekken 6 and Assault on Dark Athena? Anyone hating atari after snapping up those titles to publish can go suck big hairy donkey balls as far as I'm concerned.
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I'd rather suck balls than suck this http://www.davenportlyons.com/html/legal...
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01/03/09 @ 18:53
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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.

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