
Last week, there was news Sega's House of the Dead series was making a return on modern platforms, including the Switch.
This news stemmed from a Polish source, which said the publisher and developer Forever Entertainment – already working on the remake for Panzer Dragoon, another Sega IP – was responsible for the remakes of The House of the Dead and The House of the Dead 2.
Now, the Polish-based video game studio has confirmed the signing of an agreement with Sega to create remakes of the classic rail-shooter games, via its official Twitter account:
Unfortunately, Forever Entertainment can't confirm anything else about the game just yet.
It would be fantastic to see this series get a revival on the Switch, given the fact the Nintendo Wii played host to a number of House of the Dead games, including the timed-exclusive – The House of the Dead: Overkill.
Are you excited for the return of this arcade series on modern video game hardware? Comment down below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Played the arcade versions of House of the Dead 1 and 2, and have the latter on Dreamcast and Wii. I'll wait until something official is announced on platforms before getting excited, if it comes to Switch or PC, I want to play this.
For just a moment I thought this was Shadow Man.
Can't wait to buy them at 90% off like every other game these guys publish.
@Branovices
I hope NightDive brings their remastered edition to the Switch.
I could really do with some new jeans.
Perhaps I'll get a stylish yet reliable pair of Calvin Kleins.
That's Calvin Klein;
the trousers that I'm in-Klein-ed to buy.
"We're doing this thing! We're not gonna tell you anything else about it, but hey, we're doing this thing!"
I'd be tempted. I remember playing the arcade versions.
Could do with a decent shooting game that makes use of the joy con. Cue plastic gun peripheral.
As long as it gets multi platform ported, and comes to the Switch, sure I'll be excited
Do come! Do come! (To Switch.)
@Franklin What you talking about Willis?
Very exciting. Will purchase.
@Madder128
I'm talking about the abundance of advertising on this page.
Overkill made fun & silly twist on the series, so I can't play 1 & 2 anymore, too dull, too dated for my taste.
Oh baby!! I can’t wait especially part 1!
@Franklin Ah I see that now
Expected they would port overkill to switch, hopefully one day
Will this be arcade ports though or just the wii collection?
@oji Overkill is an incredible game.
Spent way too much money on House of the Dead arcade game.
Then the Dreamcast version came out and played that to death.
Just hope its a physical, but I doubt it
I hope a joycon can work convincingly as a light gun.
On switch very interested - if physical. Classic games
@Wavey84 just look up all the titles they've published for the Switch.
They include the notoriously bad "Hollow", crappy mobile games like "no thing", the "Sparkle" series of boring microbe simulation, and then the apparently somewhat okay "Thief Simulator". Most of what they publish is mobile shovelware and almost all their titles frequently go on sale for 90% off. In fact they probably have 90% off at least some of their titles right now
@Moistnado it can’t
Haha.. hah... the thumbnail made me think for a second that this was an announcement of a Devil's Third port for Switch. D:
How on earth did Forever get involved with Sega franchises?? One of the worst publishers out there at the moment and not the kind of company you would trust with games of this calibre.
@commentlife well, that sucks. Maybe they need to reintroduce the Wii remote as a peripheral.
@Moistnado super agree. Or something to give the jc’s some sort of reference point. They constantly lose the centre.
Missed opportunity if the remakes aren't compatible with the Labo blaster.Shame that thing is currently only used for the bundled game.Would be perfect even for a Switch port of the Luigi's Mansion arcade game and for a new Duck Hunt.
If it’s on the switch I hope they get the control right....
@Franklin For me it's beer, more beer, and Amazon.
I'm not even that much of an alcohol connoisseur. I think they want me to buy beer...from Amazon.
please
do not change the voice acting
i'm begging you
Can't wait for this one!
I'm very curious to if they will make 'gun' attachments for this game
Gyro control would make it perfect for Switch
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