computerandvideogames.com - 11/6/2008
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Thursday 6-Nov-2008 4:30 PM Dev "not at all" worried about censorship House of the Dead: Overkill developer Headstrong games has said its "not at all" worried about the censorship it could face for making the gore in its Wii shooter "as extreme as possible". Speaking to CVG in a recent ...
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House of the Dead gore to be as 'extreme as possible'
Destructoid —
Good news, gore whores! In keeping with its promise to deliver the "hardcore you've been waiting for" on the Wii, The House of the Dead: Overkill is hoping to be as gory as possible. Developer Headstrong is prepared to disregard the censors and deliver something truly splat-tacular on the Wii. "We're not brutalizing any minorities. It's good fun, tongue in cheek - nothing you wouldn't see in a movie," explains producer Neil McEwen. "We've really not restrained ourselves in any way. We want to go all guns blazing and make it as extreme as ...
Headstrong making House of the Dead: Overkill as ‘extreme’ as possible
GoNintendo —
... anyone. I think it’s just a story for the tabloids. Nothing we’re doing in our game hasn’t been done in a movie before. It’s undoubtedly an 18 certificate game. We’ve put censorship badges and warnings all over it. It’s not the sort of game I’d give to my Gran…” - producer Neil McEwen I don’t think that gore in a game automatically makes it better, but when it comes to a title like Overkill, it definiteley makes a lot of sense. Glad to hear that the devs aren’t pulling any punches. Link This entry was posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 2:07 pm and is filed under ...
House of the Dead: Overkill dev not worried about censors, piles on the gore
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
Filed under: News, Interviews
Censors, be damned! That's more or less the attitude of House of the Dead: Overkill developer Headstrong Games, which has said it won't be compromising the amount of gore in Overkill. "Sometimes we've gone 'ooh, we shouldn't really do ...
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cubed3.com 2/17/2009 — Mark Brown, British Gaming Blog: So if SEGA came to you and said 'could you do Virtua Cop: Overkill?', would you be up for it? Spoofing all like old police movies and stuff. Neil McEwen, Producer of HotD: Overkill : Yeah, I mean the thing is, we spent ...