britishgaming.co.uk - 2/12/2009
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Overkill isn’t your typical House of the Dead game. “We watched a lot of nun exploitation movies… nunsploitation” says Headstrong Producer Neil McEwen. “’Killer Nun’ is still on my desk” adds Mark Slater, lead artist.
Tasked with creating an all new addition to the ...
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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 ...
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The Making of The House of The Dead: Overkill
GoNintendo —
... Did you know that Overkill’s Washington is based off of rapper, Common? Maybe you’d like to know that Agent G is an homage to Keanu Reeves in Point Break? It’s true…and you can learn a lot more about House of the Dead: Overkill by checking out this ‘making of’ article linked below. Article here This entry was posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pm and is filed under ...
Mixtape medley of blood
The Brainy Gamer —
... Complicating the genre hodgepodge is Overkill's status as a House of the Dead game, which brings with it a slew of other conventions that must be packaged into the medley. Interestingly, the developers at Headstrong Games originally intended to maintain the traditional House of the Dead look, then briefly considered a steampunk theme, before finally settling on the grindhouse aesthetic.[1] Clearly, they thought the simple gameplay could be transported to other settings, but they wisely went well beyond simply relocating the game. BritishGaming has a ...
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computerandvideogames.com 11/6/2008 — 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 ...
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Sega's long running House of the Dead series is back and ready to scare the hell out of Wii gamers everywhere. Taking place before the events of the original House of the Dead, House of the Dead: Overkill introduces you to a ...
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Remember that awesome European collector's edition for House of the Dead: Overkill ? Well, those of us in the US are getting a similarly sweet bonus package should we wish to part with the extra dough, however our comic doesn't come in the ...
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House of the Dead enters the relentlessly vulgar world of low-budget Grindhouse cinema with Overkill, a crusty, hyper-grisly homage to 70's exploitation horror films like "I Spit on Your Grave" and "Cannibal Holocaust". It's basically a video game ...