House of the Dead
E3 Impressions – Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
House of the Dead: Overkill set the bar high for on-rail shooters for the Wii, bringing a linear game to life with solid gameplay and over-the-top humor. Will Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles make a suitable rival? I met up with Capcom’s Matt Delgran to find out.
Poll – Shooter shoot out
There are a decent variety of shooters, but I distilled them down to four essential types. First-person shooters (FPS) like Sega’s upcoming The Conduit, on-rails shooters like House Of The Dead Overkill, Shoot ’em ups (SHMUPS) like Gradius ReBirth, or scrollers like Metal Slug 7. {democracy:79} Vote and then tell us which game is your favorite shooter in comments!
Overkill brimming with potential, campy humor
Two nurses, their white scrubs dripping with blood, operate on a decimated body in the distance. As you approach, an exaggerated voice breaks the silence. “Your symptoms: cold sweats. Irregular heartbeat. Anxiety,” says the voice. “The diagnosis: bleeding horror that cuts like a scalpel to the heart. There is only one cure.” “A white-hot bullet to the brain.” So...