Dead to Rights Retribution dated

By Robert Purchese Published 18 March, 2010

Doggy treat or dog's dinner? Find out soon.

Namco Bandai Partners has sent word that Dead to Rights: Retribution will be released on 23rd April on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Retribution - a 'new beginning' rather than sequel to 2003's Dead to Rights - follows policeman Jack Slate and dog Shadow as they take down the crime world.

Despite the K-9-like premise, Retribution will be gory, gritty and dark. There's doggy stealth and third-person action, and an emphasis on plain old-fashioned fun.

We popped Dead to Rights: Retribution on the table in December for a closer examination.

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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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  • RobotRocker #1 2 years ago

    The first was so stupid and idiotic it wrapped back around to awesome. Probably one of the best bad games released last gen.

    Sadly the sequel was pretty bland and worthless so I'm hoping this one goes back to the levels of crazy the first had.

  • AllenSpawn #2 2 years ago

    Loved the first game, in a cheesey way. So bad it was good.
    Took it round my mates house to show them...... Can still hear their laughter now!

    It'd have to be a very good game to buy this and look them in the eyes again.

  • RobotRocker #3 2 years ago

    @AllenSpawn

    Did you show them the cutscene where Slate jumps off the bike onto the plane? I don't think I stopped laughing for two hours after that.

  • mikeck #4 2 years ago

    Not many people caring about this game :(

    Here's hoping it can deliver, because I'm really excited about this game!

  • nakedlunch #5 2 years ago

    The dog shadow, which is always by your side, is in the k-9 police division. And people dare to say games aren't art!

  • rockstar1984 #6 2 years ago

    Loved Dead to Rights on PS2 despite it's flaws, looking forward to this a lot!

    "Not many people caring about this game :("

    I know it's a shame, I think this could turn out to be a hidden gem!

  • Gearskin #7 2 years ago

    This looks kinda awesome... and kinda boring... at the same time! It's a contradiction.

  • Vauncey #8 2 years ago

    Its looking great in the videos, very pretty, loving the art style. Seems to be lots of cool things you can do, including sending the dog out to bite bad guys in the nuts. (Can I say 'nuts' on here? Is it a rude word?). Already pre-ordered (cos you get a free content pack) :-)

  • BBIAJ #9 2 years ago

    Is that the Predator Shadow Stealth and Noir filter GAME are doing?

  • Vauncey #10 2 years ago

    @BBIAJ - I've preordered from play.com as you get the 'Jack Pack' which has an extra mode. Needed to google to find out about it from America though :-( The one you mentioned is the 'Shadow Pack' I think?

  • BBIAJ #11 2 years ago

    Ah right, I see! As much as I like the sound of the super explodey mode, I'll stick with my GAME pre-order, as I've used some points on it.

    With any luck, it might just be early access codes to content that can be unlocked by playing the game or cheat codes anyway, that way, everybody's happy!