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The House of the Dead 4 Official Date and trailer

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Sega has updated their blog and announced that the House of the Dead 4 will officially be released on April 17th on Playstation Network. Heres the information that Sega shared on their blog.

Straight out of the arcades in Japan, The House of the Dead 4 will be available exclusively on PSN on April 17 th at a wallet friendly price of $9.99. This is the first time this classic arcade light gun shooter is available on a home console. Your mission is quite simple. Play as AMS Agent James Taylor or Kate Green and save the world by fighting against an old enemy and hordes of unforgiving evil creatures. Use your gun and grenades to blast them away! Key features are:

– PlayStation Move compatible

– Multi-player mode

– Multiple paths

– Ranking and grading system to track your shot accuracy

– Additional levels from The House of the Dead 4 Special

– Bonus unlockable PlayStation Home item

– Original creator interview

– Trophies

A demo will be available from 4/10 – 4/24 exclusively to PlayStation Plus members. For a limited time only (4/17-5/1), Plus members will also have access to a 30% discount on the full game. Plus members will also have access to an exclusive dynamic theme and avatars to help set the mood. For the first two weeks (4/17-5/1), we will also be offering an avatar as a gift with purchase store wide. Download the game and continue the adventure!

Friends… the wait is now over! Hope is such a splendid thing. :3 The door of fate shall open.

Tons of new information on The House of the Dead 4 @ GDC 2012

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Sega is at GDC 2012 presenting their upcoming digital games, including The House of the Dead 4. The House of the Dead 4 is a horror arcade shooter where players must use there Uzi machine guns and grenades to blast and push away a horde of creatures. The story is set in the year 2003 (Three years after the events of The House of the Dead 2), featuring AMS veteran from the last game James Taylor and a new AMS agent Kate Green as they fight for survial as the world begins to collaspe. The game will feature…
– Exclusively for PS3/PSN
– Two player co-op
– Arcade perfect port
– Play the game with either a standard controller or the PS Move/Sharpshooter
– The game will include “The House of the Dead 4: SPECIAL” with G as a playable character. So that means you don’t have to travel to different Gameworks around the country to play this game 8D.

Here’s an interview with Sega Digital Brand Manager, Jeff Beckham by Clevver Games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMC8GuVdBlk

Sega is still aiming to release the game this spring, but will announce the release date sometime next week.

Sources: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/13/house-of-the-dead-4-for-ps3-is-almost-like-playing-the-arcade-game-at-home/
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClevverGames
HotD fan and follower, Craig Anderson

The House of the Dead 4 PSN screenshots has surfaced the net

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Looks like The House of the Dead 4 is looking swell on the Playstation 3. Looks very identical to the arcade version with added cursors. I’m hoping that this game has more to offer than 3 with new features.

The House of the Dead 4 is set to be released this spring on the Playstation Network. Hope is such a splendid thing.

Tip from HotD fan, Craig Anderson

House of the Dead Official Movie Comic Prequel

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Remember that awful adaptation of the House of the Dead movie directed by Uwe Boll? I don’t wanna remember it either (Just watched the movie the last week X[) Anyway, there’s a prequel comic for promotional uses that takes place before the events of the movie. The story begins with five ravers heading to the island where the rave party is taking place. As they entered the island, two ravers stumble upon a zombie. One female raver decides to stick her finger in the zombie mouth and the zombie then bites and kills the two ravers. The other three went to check out the situation only to see the other two ravers disemboweled. Suddenly, a zombie appears behind one of the ravers and kills him by shoving it’s hand through his mouth. With only two ravers left, they tried to leave the island. Angela tries to run away with the last raver only to be killed by possibly a Kageo (the mummified creature). With one raver standing, he escaped along with a woman who lived in the island who was surprisingly a zombie. The last raver then met his end.

The comic is only a few pages and while I still don’t like the setting in both the movie and this comic, I liked how some of the creatures/zombies are drawn like the ones from the game. Some even looked like the Sam, Samson, and Kageo series. I’ll probably scan this comic later for download. For now, check out a preview from the book.

So far I have all three House of the Dead comics/manga. I actually wanted to share another secret, there was a time where The House of the Dead series actually made a cameo in Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series issue #50.

That’s it for now, the next comic I will show off is the Prelude to OVERKILL.

Play as Sophie and G #2 in the arcade version of The House of the Dead

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The House of the Dead has amazing replay value as you blast away Dr. Curien’s evil experiments and creatures throughout the mansion, but have you ever wanted to play as different characters other than Thomas Rogan and G? Well you can! You can play as Sophie Richards and a alternate Agent G. Just head in to your local arcade that has The House of the Dead and enter the following codes for either player. *NOTE* These characters are skins for the existing characters that you play as throughout the entire game. Just a heads up if your wondering why Sophie has Rogan or G’s voice.

Remember that the codes must be entered at the title screen after you inserted a credit and The following code must be entered very quickly in order to work properly. The directions in the code correspond to a player’s gun trigger. ”Left” is Player 1’s trigger, and ”Right” is Player 2’s trigger.

G #2 – LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.

Sophie Richards –  LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT.

You can play as more characters on the Sega Saturn and PC version by using the SATURN/PC mode. I have stats for all the characters for those modes, so stay tuned.

Sonic the Comic Online’s The House of the Dead Web Comic

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Sonic the Comic Online not only created and continued the UK Sonic the Comic series by Fleetway since its discontinuation in 2002. But, that doesn’t stop them from making other Sega franchises into comic strips. Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you the House of the Dead Webcomic by Robert Frazer and Lisa Lee.

The story takes place after the events of The House of the Dead III in the year 2018. In London, where the remaining AMS agents and surviors continue to fight for mankind against the vile creatures and new enemies known as the Ressurection Men.

Characters

Thomas Rogan
Experienced, heroic, and downright dangerous, AMS agent Rogan has been fighting the zombies since 1998. He just rescued his wife and is returning home…

Sophie Rogan
Originally a scientist, twenty years of zombie fighting with AMS has turned her into a dangerous combatant –but fighting zombies has never been as challenging as being a mother! She recently learnt about a threat called NAOMI.

Lisa Rogan
She may be a normal light-hearted young girl, but growing up in the apocalypse has seen her grown into a skilled fighter.

G
Immaculately dressed and always cool, AMS agent G’s been fighting at Rogan’s side for over 20 years. He’s an inhumanly good shot, and was strangely unaffected by a severe psychic assault…

I’ve read bits of the strips and its pretty good. Both the storyline and artwork are dark and gritty. I’m glad to see fans from different countries contributing to The House of the Dead series. Click below for preview scans of the comic and the website.

STC Online! HotD comic: http://www.stconline.co.uk/253/comic4_1.html

The House of the Dead III: The Cell Shaded Beta Version

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In my previous blog, I’ve shown you all the beta footage of The House of the Dead III for the arcades and Xbox which featured Lisa and G fullfilling other character roles in the game before they were developed and different level layouts. And now, I want to let you all know a trivial fun fact. Did you guys know that The House of the Dead III was originally made as a cell-shaded game? Yes, it is indeed true. While developing the game for arcades and Xbox back in 2003, Sega intended to make the next installment of the series into a arcade shooter with cell-shaded graphics simliar to Sega’s other franchise, Jet Set Radio, but shelved the graphics due to its cartoony feel which strained from The House of the Dead series. Click below for screenshots of the cell-shaded and original beta.

Source: Unseen64 http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/16/house-of-the-dead-3-cell-shading-proto/