The House of the Dead 4 Official Date and trailer

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Kori

Sega has updated their blog and announced that the House of the Dead 4 will officially be released on April 17th on Playstation Network. Heres the information that Sega shared on their blog.

Straight out of the arcades in Japan, The House of the Dead 4 will be available exclusively on PSN on April 17 th at a wallet friendly price of $9.99. This is the first time this classic arcade light gun shooter is available on a home console. Your mission is quite simple. Play as AMS Agent James Taylor or Kate Green and save the world by fighting against an old enemy and hordes of unforgiving evil creatures. Use your gun and grenades to blast them away! Key features are:

– PlayStation Move compatible

– Multi-player mode

– Multiple paths

– Ranking and grading system to track your shot accuracy

– Additional levels from The House of the Dead 4 Special

– Bonus unlockable PlayStation Home item

– Original creator interview

– Trophies

A demo will be available from 4/10 – 4/24 exclusively to PlayStation Plus members. For a limited time only (4/17-5/1), Plus members will also have access to a 30% discount on the full game. Plus members will also have access to an exclusive dynamic theme and avatars to help set the mood. For the first two weeks (4/17-5/1), we will also be offering an avatar as a gift with purchase store wide. Download the game and continue the adventure!

Friends… the wait is now over! Hope is such a splendid thing. :3 The door of fate shall open.

Tons of new information on The House of the Dead 4 @ GDC 2012

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Kori

Sega is at GDC 2012 presenting their upcoming digital games, including The House of the Dead 4. The House of the Dead 4 is a horror arcade shooter where players must use there Uzi machine guns and grenades to blast and push away a horde of creatures. The story is set in the year 2003 (Three years after the events of The House of the Dead 2), featuring AMS veteran from the last game James Taylor and a new AMS agent Kate Green as they fight for survial as the world begins to collaspe. The game will feature…
– Exclusively for PS3/PSN
– Two player co-op
– Arcade perfect port
– Play the game with either a standard controller or the PS Move/Sharpshooter
– The game will include “The House of the Dead 4: SPECIAL” with G as a playable character. So that means you don’t have to travel to different Gameworks around the country to play this game 8D.

Here’s an interview with Sega Digital Brand Manager, Jeff Beckham by Clevver Games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMC8GuVdBlk

Sega is still aiming to release the game this spring, but will announce the release date sometime next week.

Sources: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/13/house-of-the-dead-4-for-ps3-is-almost-like-playing-the-arcade-game-at-home/
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClevverGames
HotD fan and follower, Craig Anderson

The House of the Dead 4 PSN screenshots has surfaced the net

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Kori

Looks like The House of the Dead 4 is looking swell on the Playstation 3. Looks very identical to the arcade version with added cursors. I’m hoping that this game has more to offer than 3 with new features.

The House of the Dead 4 is set to be released this spring on the Playstation Network. Hope is such a splendid thing.

Tip from HotD fan, Craig Anderson

House Of The Dead 4′s PlayStation 3 Conversion Took Almost A Year To Complete

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Kori

Sega has released The House of the Dead III and is now ready release 4 this spring, but it almost took them a year to port it from the Sega Lindbergh arcade board to the PSN.

“It took almost a year to adapt The House of the Dead 4 for the console, from the initial game design to the product,” a Sega representative explained in an e-mail to Siliconera. “The main obstacles in converting The House of the Dead 4 from the Lindbergh board to the PS3 were the OpenGL and the data format conversion. Also, the PS3 has only 256MB of RAM while the Lindbergh board has 1GB, making the conversion challenging.”

”We did more than simply upscale the resolution to 720p. We brought the game render buffer up to 720p as well,” says SEGA “This makes the graphic quality and resolution far superior to all of the previous versions. In addition, we have re-made almost all of the UIs [user interface] in HD resolution.”

At least we get a port after seven years of waiting.

Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/16/house-of-the-dead-4s-playstation-3-conversion-took-almost-a-year-to-complete/ & www.segabits.com