The House of the Dead: Overkill

The House of the Dead: Overkill

Amazon.com put several Nintendo Wii video games on sale at the lowest prices ever available. Games on sale include MadWorld, Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers, A Boy and His Blob, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree and several others.

All Age Gaming presents our 7th The Week That Was. This week we look at the PS3 slim and the PS3 price drop, the Wii's lack of hardcore games and the Xbox 360's failure rate.

Well, Nintendo has done such a great job of showing their support for hardcore titles on THEIR OWN PLATFORM that we keep hearing things like, "Oh, I sold my Wii already."

Especially after this year's E3, right?

A lot of people who've been holding on to their Wii consoles have been wondering if publishers will continue churning out Mature Wii games, given that none so far have broken sales records. However, Gary Dunn of SEGA Europe has confirmed that they do plan to continue supportin...

"Blitz Games Studios has revealed that SEGA’s House of the Dead: Overkill is powered by its games development middleware, BlitzTech.

Developed by Headstrong Games (formerly Kuju London), the pulp horror reinvention is a prequel to the original games and combines arcade-style shooting with a retro-style; taking gamers back to the zombie-heyday of the 70s and 80s. With the unique handling of the Wii Remote, players will be able to take on the zombie hordes hand-to-hand as well as blasting the..."

"As our resident, self-professed, zombie expert I just couldn't go past the opportunity to review this game. In fact, it is one of the few games that I've picked up recently on launch day without reading a single review and having only seen a few promotional videos. One thing that I knew for sure was that there was nothing that was going to keep me from playing this, and one thing that I certainly hoped was that it would meet the high expectations met by the predecessors in the House of the De..."

Now here's a pretty good week -- looks like things are picking up following the holiday swing.

F.E.A.R. 2 is out for console and PC owners while Onechanbara treats Wii and Xbox 360 owners alike to hot bikini-clad girl zombie slashing; Deadly Creatures and The House of the Dead: Overkill provide Nintendo fans with some non-shovelware for a change, and PSP owners get LocoRoco 2, the only game really of note for the handheld in recent memory.

Enjoy, hmm?

Posted by RubyEclipse on Sega of America's official blog, Sega has announced that it will bring four titles to the upcoming New York Comic-Con from February 6th to 8th in New York City. All four of these titles will be playable on the floor, and all a part of their upcoming lineup of games in 2009. They are:

  • MadWorld
  • The House of the Dead: Overkill
  • The Conduit
  • Sonic and the Black Knight

Also, Phantasy Star memorabilia will be given out at the event, celebrating the upcoming releases of bot...