EST (latest update today) - To add to the list of reviews I posted yesterday, Kotaku has weighed in and joined the lineup of mainstream gaming sites to trash the game. You will, of course, still be able to catch me over on the forum, and I will still answer emails sent to the submissions address. I've been here updating pretty consistently since the EGM announcement back in April 2008, and it's time for me to take a break for a little bit. Given that, I feel it's time for a well deserved vacation from West Mansion. Now that Splatterhouse is out, information coming out of Namco Bandai has slowed to a crawl, limited to the occasional new video being posted on the Splatterhouse YouTube channel. Second and last, there's not going to be another update here until sometime in 2011. Will it crack the predicted hundred thousand copy mark or not? Of course, we won't know for sure how well it's sold until sales totals start filtering out of Namco Bandai. The bottom line here is that we're most likely not going to see a sequel unless sales pick up (you hear that? Go support it and buy a copy if you want a sequel!). And since the game appears to be generating no buzz at all in Japan right now, things are looking less bright as time goes on. I've had another thought about that: since game development has moved back to Japan, that could very well mean that either the Japanese branch picks it up or no one does, even if the game sells enough to warrant a sequel. And the negative reviews from the "Big Four," along with people saying "I'll wait until the price goes down to buy it," aren't helping one bit. ![]() Dan seems somewhat optimistic about the possibility of Namco Bandai reuniting the team for a sequel if the game sells well, but if it doesn't sell well, you can forget that. Any of you that have tried to find work in these economic conditions know what kind of a pain that is.Īll this restructuring adjusts the possibility of a Splatterhouse sequel drastically. Dave's not in bad shape, since he was basically just hired on for Splatterhouse as far as I can tell - to my knowledge, he has his comic gigs for Marvel plus a bunch of other stuff he's working on, so he's got plenty of work - but Dan was a Namco employee and is now having to search for a job. Yeah, the two guys who came to be the faces of Splatterhouse are both gone, along with damn near everyone else that worked on it. ![]() Do any of you recall reading that Namco Bandai laid off 90 people last month? It happened, and nearly the entire Splatterhouse team was let go, including Dan Tovar and Dave Wilkins. First, anyone that's been reading the posts on the forum have seen the following, but it needs to be reposted here for those that don't visit it. EST (latest update today) - You can now find a complete updated official review listing here, all in order from best to worst.Īnd now for a double dose of bad news.
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