House of the Dead: Overkill dev not worried about censors, piles on the gore

by Chris Greenhough { Nov 6th 2008 at 5:55PM }

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 that'," producer Neil McEwen tells CVG, "but then we've gone 'no, hell yes we should'." McEwen reasons that, as nobody is getting exploited, then buckets of claret are justifiable: he suggests the gore will be as "extreme as possible." He also plays the tongue-in-cheek card, though that didn't help MadWorld when the Daily Mail came knocking. Even if censors have already ensured the game won't be released in Germany, we salute McEwen and Headstrong for this carefree attitude. If only other developers and publishers were as bold.

Gallery: House of the Dead: Overkill

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dmobxxx @ Nov 6th 2008 6:24PM

Sounds great! I LOVE the whole Grindhouse take on things. Already a must have for me.

conor @ Nov 6th 2008 6:38PM

FUCK YEAH! EVEN IF THE Wii's GRAPHICS DO SUCK!

Matthew @ Nov 6th 2008 7:48PM

Umm, *cough* Wii graphics don't "suck" they are under utilized trmendously and often. Do not tend to forget titles like Metroid Prime Corruption, Okami, Galaxy, ZTP, even Brawl and oh, The Conduit....

Anywho, once again censors... I just don't get the fight to minimize a developers vision and I don't get retailers not wanting to shelve a game because it has a high rating and therefore won't sell "as well". Maybe there should be porno shops like there are for video games, that would be fun =)