Atari signs Bullet Witch

By Tom Bramwell Published 10 August, 2006

360 action title heading west.

Atari has announced that it will bring Cavia's Xbox 360 action title Bullet Witch to Europe and North America, although it hasn't said when.

Released in Japan in late July, Bullet Witch is a third-person title set in a near future that sees humanity fighting extinction at the hands of nasty demons.

Fortunately we've got Alicia, the titular Bullet Witch, whose mixture of magical abilities and gun skills are the key to our survival.

Atari reckons the game's advanced physics engine and environmental damage systems ought to have us swoon, and is promising downloadable content post-release, too - in the form of new character costumes and levels.

For more on the game, check out an early trailer on Eurogamer TV.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • #1 6 years ago

    $5 in the US and £90 in the UK.

    GO ATARI!

  • Darkedge #2 6 years ago

    shame any footage i've seen of this game looks HORRIBLE.
    it's got a long way to go and even the premise sounds rubbish

  • space_ace #3 6 years ago

    import review? please

  • Dizzy #4 6 years ago

    Looks a bit like Otogi.

  • Blerk #5 6 years ago

    Japanese reviews - "it's a bit rubbish". Should fit right into Atari's portfolio.

  • Dizzy #6 6 years ago

    BTW latest Famitsu reviews:

    - Bullet Witch (Xbox 360, AQ Interactive) : 8 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)
    - Senko No Ronde Rev.X (Xbox 360, Sega) : 7 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
    - Shutokou Battle X (Xbox 360, Genki) : 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)

  • Milbe #7 6 years ago

    Darkedge +1. Anyone who is slightly interested, see the some footage first. So far this looks as generic and mediocre as it gets (and i am beeing polite).

  • potatoes #8 6 years ago

    thats exactly what my first thought was Mapster

  • Stoatboy #9 6 years ago

    It's a shame this doesn't look that hot, because I reckon "Bullet Witch" is one of my favourite game names ever.

  • toy_brain #10 6 years ago

    BW's main faillings seem to be (from the reviews/coverage I've seen and read).....

    Dreadfull aiming controls. Crosshair moves too quickly and has no Halo-style aim assist.
    It takes too many button-presses to activate any of the spells, rendering them almost useless.
    Getting hit by a telekenetically-flung object results in Instant death and you having to restart from the very-far-apart checkpoints.
    Its generally a bit bland and the graphics are rough.

    Apart from the spells and the blandness, most of the games quirks/faults sound like they could be fixed if Atari decides to really make an effort during localisation.
    If they dont, then it'll be another 360 game I pass over untill it hits bargin-bin prices.

  • hybridial #11 5 years ago

    I have seen footage of this game and *gasp* I actually do like the look of this game. And those Japanese review scores are actually pretty solid, it's odd how you're all ignoring the amount of 8s it got.

    I mean, I think Halo looks as baldn and cliche as it gets, but does anyone here agree? Bullet Witch just appeals to me more in terms of it's style.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/06 @ 00:08