The House of the Dead: Remake hits Nintendo Switch on April 7th.
The remake of the 1998 light weapon shooter was announced for the Switch on April 14 last year, meaning the developer MegaPixel Studio will deliver it exactly 51 weeks later. The game was originally announced for release in 2021 but paused for a while, before appearing again today.
The House of the Dead: Remake promises updated graphics, controls and gameplay, plus multiple endings, solo modes and two new players and characters. The trailer (below) shows most of these changes, and features a series of gameplay clips from different levels.
Forever Entertainment has previously confirmed that a remake of House of the Dead 2 is on the way and will likely release more information about it after the launch of the first remake.
Megapixel has previously worked on a different type of remake of Panzer Dragoon: Remake. In our 6/10 review, IGN said it’s a small, neat arcade shooting game that keeps exciting things going for an hour or two. That’s enough to make me wish the developers went a little further and built this remake with more levels or, maybe, a gamble On a completely modern conception of the simple concept of the original. “
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.