Official House of the Dead: Overkill Hand Cannon: shoot like G does

by JC Fletcher { Jan 16th 2009 at 10:50AM }

House of the Dead: Overkill players in the UK and Australia will have the option to play the game in a distinctly more badass, yet vaguely cosplayer-esque style, should they choose. Sega and peripheral company Venom will release a Wii gun shell modeled after the "Hand Cannons" the AMS agents in the game carry. Amazon.co.uk is taking preorders for the item, to be shipped on February 13 (two weeks before the February 28 date they claim for the game) at a price of £12.99 ($19).

Australian zombie-haters have it even better: NeoGAFfer untoldhero (an accurate name if ever there was one) found a convincingly official-looking retail listing for a "Bang Bang Box" bundle containing the full Collector's Edition of the game, with the special sleeve and the comic book, as well as two Hand Cannons, for $89 AUD ($59 USD). That price has got to be a mistake. We've got a picture after the break of the heartbreakingly awesome package.

Sadly, we've seen nothing about the Hand Cannon in the US. We fear that Sega's deal with Venom doesn't extend out of PAL territories.

Gallery: House of the Dead: Overkill

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: hand-cannon, headstrong-games, house-of-the-dead, house-of-the-dead-overkill, limited-edition, rail-shooter, sega, zapper

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ali7300 @ Jan 16th 2009 11:01AM

god i really hope that comes here

ultimatepryceman @ Jan 16th 2009 12:10PM

Oh God, I think I need that right now. Anything, ANYTHING, to put off using the official Zapper.

Shoeboy @ Jan 16th 2009 12:50PM

Dear Wii Gawd,
Please tell me North America (Canada + USA) is getting the Bang Bang Box version.

Sincerely,
Craving Overkill

Adolph @ Jan 16th 2009 12:52PM

wow. i mean WOW. i thought the Nyko Perfect Shot was great.....

Ghaleon @ Jan 16th 2009 1:01PM

The Nyko looks good but sucks -- the trigger is really hard to depress and the barrel is wayyy too fat. I hope this solves those problems and I might pick one up. They look awesome.

CJLopez @ Jan 16th 2009 1:15PM

Man, i'd pay 90 bucks for that package!!!!

Really!!!!

Thanatos @ Jan 16th 2009 1:25PM

That looks awesome, But for as huge as it is and for how far up on the barrel the wiimote is i hope they have some heft in the handle to counter balance it.

Thanatos @ Jan 16th 2009 1:29PM

Funny how the gun is a revolver when all the screens that are showing the actual guns show them using Desert Eagles. I want a Desert Eagle Zapper now :(

j.howlett @ Jan 16th 2009 2:38PM

think i want this

Sisyphus @ Jan 16th 2009 2:40PM

For $60 US, I would seriously think about pre-order this collector's edition with two hand-cannons. And I've never pre-ordered a game in my life.

Anonymousaurus @ Jan 16th 2009 2:52PM

wait, is the main picture (6/25) a render of the gun because it looks nothing like the other ones.

i am hoping thats going to be the real thing.

Matias @ Jan 16th 2009 2:53PM

I hope this comes to south america, if it goes out in north america it will surely come here, but first it has to be released outside the PAL region.

I think it will, just like how the collector's edition was announced first for PAL.

TendoMan @ Jan 16th 2009 3:07PM

I hear its only for PAL WiiRemotes.

RockMan_Forte @ Jan 17th 2009 3:27AM

Dude that's plain retarded.
A Wiimote in the PAL region is the same as a Wiimote in the NTSC region.

Wiimotes all work the same, and there's no size difference. Since this is only a shell for the remote, getting an import isn't going to make any difference at all.

TendoMan @ Jan 17th 2009 1:09PM

@ Rockman

lol.

Sarcasm dude. Sarcasm.

ZombiePikmin @ Jan 16th 2009 6:14PM

Someone reply to this with the date of release. I have it reserved at gamecrazy but they don't have the collector's edition. . .Anyway the point i was trying to make is that im getting the collector's edition and this would only add on :P

Bozz @ Jan 17th 2009 8:45AM

Be sure to check out the new UC RE blaster as well, they were just ship to Gamestop stores recently(I pick one up). Yeah older game but the coolest looking gun yet. E-bay has sold one for 3 times the price as a collectors edition.Link here.....>>>http://biohaze.com/blaster.htm

B Jasper @ Feb 19th 2009 10:32AM

I've bought the Wii Zapper which control scheme did not seem well thought out at all in comparison to the prototype they had originally displayed, trigger on front...I've never felt comfortable holding or aiming with this gun as it seems more suited for hip shooting then point & shoot and I like to aim my headshots instead of moving a cursor across the screen to do so

So then I bought the Wii Laser Magnum Gun and threw it out several minutes later, this is the one with the trigger being the nunchuck...utterly useless

So then I started hunting for something avoiding all of those quirks, so I bought the Intec with removable nunchuck attachment. I found anytime I needed to shake the mote in a hurry the chuck attachment would fly off so I've only used the gun itself while holding the chuck in the other hand...I have found recently after using it for a couple months that the response time for shoots was behind (because trigger simply depresses B button) so I'd have to hold the trigger halfway down in order to shoot as fast as I wanted

The UC RE blaster, Venom Hand Cannon, Cobalt Flux all look like they'd have the same problems as the Intec shell in terms of trigger issues while the Cobalt Flux looks to be the best design so far by at least trying to address the issue of point & shoot with the light bending tech

...I am waiting for Nyko to come out with a new gun attachment for their Wand as that will have direct transfer of trigger actions rather then a slide that depresses the B though I'm hoping they correct the problems inherent in the Perfect Shot having the mote fall out of it's cradle when shaken and aiming issues

It's too bad about the Hand Cannon not getting NA release as it looks currently to be the second best gun design on the market when placed next to the Cobalt (though I have yet to use the Cobalt)