New House of the Dead for Wii

By Dan Pearson Published 19 August, 2008

Gore blimey.

SEGA has announced a new arrival in the House of the Dead family: Wii-only 'OVERKILL'.

The announcement arrived holding hands with the rather fetching trailer, which you can see now over on Eurogamer TV.

Overkill's looking like a tremendously grindhousey affair, offering just enough post-modern and 'golden era' slasher schtick to catch the eye of our old friend Trendy McZeitgeist whilst keeping the core fans happy.

We're particularly enamoured with its use of rattlesnakes and spiders to emphasise the TERROR, a trick which the American administration will no doubt be picking up shortly.

Head marketing zombie Gary Knight is certainly pretty stoked about it, gushing that OVERKILL will be "Paying homage to the pulp horror comics and films that inspired generations of gore fans... [and] will expose gamers to a brand-new fleshy rollercoaster ride of revolting dismemberment."

You can't say fairer than that, although we would like to take this opportunity to express our concern that SEGA is attempting to single-handedly spoil the "family fun" image of the Wii.

Apparently the game is actually a sequel, swooshing back through the old spacetime continuum to the start of veteran zombie masher Agent G's career as he embarks on his first assignment with the gritty Detective Washington.

Sent to a small town in the Louisiana bayou to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances the pair quickly find themselves embroiled in a creaky-limbed nightmare as the zombiefied inhabitants clamour for their warm cerebellums.

We're expecting pretty much what it says on the tin from the gameplay, having been promised the usual melon-popping excitements as well as Wiimote-controlled jaw-smashing and pistol whippings. We hope, as Knight asserts, that "This is the hardcore Wii title you've been waiting for".

House of the Dead: OVERKILL is slated for release on Wii in early 2009. Find out more on the official website.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Kami #1 4 years ago

    Style is lovely. But the gameplay desperately needs to go back to that of House of the Dead 2. HotD3 I still think should remain quite rightly in the cesspool of gaming memory because it was unforgivably basic and rubbish.

  • Oh-Bollox #2 4 years ago

    Please let it be that you have to actually aim (Ghost Squad) instead of just pointing (Umbrella Chronicles).

  • Artemus #3 4 years ago

    Bring back Goldman and his amazing voice 'actor' from HoTD2.

    LIIYFE CYCLE

  • Triggerhappytel #4 4 years ago

    "Apparently the game is actually a sequel, swooshing back through the old spacetime continuum"

    You mean prequel. Who the hell is proof-reading your articles today, EG?!

  • Kami #5 4 years ago

    The zombie they have to hire for legal "social equality" reasons. Although I do hope they're keeping it on the leash... who knows what would happen if it got loose at EG towers!

  • Razorus #6 4 years ago

    Nice one Artemus, that link was hilarious! I have to find out who the "actor" is that played Goldman.
    Anyway, this game looks like standard HOTD fare. The trailer is a blatant rip-off of Grindhouse but entertaining.

  • Nithron #7 4 years ago

    Fans of Goldman would do well to check out Typing of the Dead. Basically one massive self-parody, proving even the developers realised just how massively shite the original's voices were.