Namco Bandai announces retro revival

Re-imaginings of retro classics are a solid source of revenue for publishers in these turbulent times. New announcements are posted every day but it takes a special kind of game to snag our attention and the 1988 gore-tour Splatterhouse is one such game.

Alongside the recent announcement of Clash Of The Titans, Namco Bandai has now confirmed that a new version of Splatterhouse is set for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2010. Commenting on the announcement, Namco Bandai’s VP of sales and marketing, Hiroaki Ochiai, said: “Today's console technology is literally decades ahead of what powered Splatterhouse when it made its first indelible bloody mark on gaming, which means we now have gore like never before for all the fans and the new generation of gamers lining up to get to grips with Rick.”

In this new iteration protagonist Rick will stray far beyond the West Mansion in a storyline written by Gordon Rennie, the comic book author behind works such as Judge Dredd, and original artwork for the game comes care of artist and Marvel contributor Dave Wilkins.

New gameplay dynamics will see Rick using torn limbs as weapons and swinging his way through the environments as well as reanimating corpses of the fallen to fight alongside him. The trademark ‘Terror Mask’ makes a comeback and will aid Rick’s regenerative capabilities.

Grab an arm and started swinging from 2010.