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The House of the Dead: OVERKILL Brings Pulp Horror Action to Wii

LEIPZIG (August 19th, 2008) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced The House of the Dead: OVERKILL, an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the classic SEGA light-gun shooter franchise. Created by London-based studio Headstrong Games, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will take you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series. Available exclusively on the Nintendo Wii early in 2009 and announced to coincide with Games Convention at Leipzig, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL will be presented live by developer Headstrong Games for specially invited members of the press in SEGA’s business centre suite.

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL uncovers the ugly, terrifying, red hot secrets behind the House of the Dead; the daddy of all over-the-top shooters. While staying true to the classic gameplay this hugely successful SEGA series is getting a new retro look, with distinctive graphics, sound and attitude that will add to its horror cool status. Plus, thanks to the Wii Remote™, players will fight off zombies when they get too close; pistol-whipping jaws off and smashing in skulls with their shotgun butt.

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(DS) Fire Emblem 9/8/8/9
(DS) Code Geass R2 6/6/6/7
(DS) Summon Night 2 8/8/8/6
(DS) Sankoku Shi Taisen Sora 8/8/8/8
(DS) Monster Farm DS2 6/7/8/8
(DS) Ron-Q! Highland in DS 7/7/7/6
(DS) Mite wa Ikenai 6/6/6/5
(DS) Wantame Music Channel: Doko Demo Style 6/6/6/6
(DS) Trauma Center 2 8/8/8/8

(Wii) Fatal Frame: Tsukihami no Kamen 9/9/8/8
(Wii) Survival Kids 7/7/6/5

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We have heard rumblings about Red Steel 2 for months, even Nintendo Power had a teaser about the game awhile back.  But we still know nothing. So when Nintendo unveiled the Wii Motion Plus, people were wondering what 3rd party games will take advantage it.  Ubisoft’s Alain Corre explains:

Red Steel 2 has been in development for many months now, and this new device will help us be even more precise in what we do with the product. The Red Steel brand is strong — I think we released it on year one, and that people understood that it was a first try on new technology, technology that wasn’t completely finished.

And our game tried to grab the best out of it, and was a bit rushed to be sure to offer something in year one to Wii consumers. But Red Steel is still selling well — at a lower price of course, but still it’s in the top 30 or 40 in every country on Wii.

So Red Steel is a brand, and as with every brand we have, we now have to reach the top quality possible. What was missing was the preciseness of the sabre — and with this new device I think it will change the experience.

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There have been rumors flowing around the internet about a “leaked” setlist for Guitar Hero World Tour.  The setlist was fantastic and almost to good to be true.  I was saddened to find out that Game Informer has received word from Activision saying “the bulk of it is wishful thinking and pure speculation”.  So unfortunately the setlist was fake, I hope to see the real set list  soon and can only hope it can come close to the fantastic bogus set list.

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Boom Blox (EA Games)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wario Land Shake (Nintendo)
5. Family Trainer (Bandai)

UK:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
5. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Final Fantasy IV (Square Enix)
2. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive)
2. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome (Square Enix)
3. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo)
4. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo)
5. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble Hyper - Moeyo Mirai (Takara Tomy)

UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts)
5. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)

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