The House of the Dead: Overkill

Release Date: February 10, 2009

Action, FPP, zombie, rail shooter, for 2 players, co-op, splitscreen, Nintendo exclusive, multiplayer, singleplayer

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The House of the Dead: Overkill is a bloodthirsty horror first person shootout of the genus "viewfinder". (rail shooter). The player takes on the role of one of the special agents, sent to Bayou City, Louisiana to exterminate a hordes of living corpses. In terms of storytelling, the game created by Headstrong Games studio is a prequel to The House of the Dead series.

The House of the Dead: OVERKILL™ charges you with mowing down waves of infected, blood-thirsty zombies in a last-ditch effort to survive Bayou City and uncover the horrific truth behind the origins of The House of the Dead.

Survival horror as it’s never been seen before! A pulp-style take on the classic SEGA light-gun shoot ‘em up franchise. Back when the famous Agent G was still fresh out of the academy, he teamed up with hard-boiled bad-ass Agent Washington to investigate stories of mysterious disappearances in small-town Louisiana. Little did they know what blood-soaked mutant horror would await them in the streets and swamps of Bayou City.

Features

• Pulp Funk Horror

Zombie cool, one of the most popular shooter classics injected with a whole new retro b-movie look.

• An utterly in-your-face zombie-dismembering blast

Non-stop light-gun style action on Wii, blow apart zombies for high-score thrills.

• Superb co-op action on Wii

Bring a friend and play the game as intended in your own buddy action movie as two of the meanest mofos in video gaming.

• Relentless, gore-drenched, over-the-top action

Only the coolest, most cold-hearted agent’s going to keep his head against the zombie flood. Use “Slow-Mofo Time” to make the perfect head-popping shot and “Evil Eye” to spot moments of opportunity that’ll send the whole environment up in flames.

• Wiimote reactions

Get knee-deep in the dead with motion-sensitive Wii-controls. Shuck a shotgun and when the zombies get too close, pistol whip jaws off or cave some heads in with the stock of your pump-action – all in stomach-churning close-up.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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