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22.03.2024 - 19:27 / rockpapershotgun.com / Hella Remastered
Shadows of the Damned, the unexpected collaboration between No More Heroes, Killer7 and Lollipop Chainsaw creator Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, will finally see a PC release with a new remake later this year - over a decade after it first hit consoles.
Written by Suda51 and produced by Mikami, Shadows of the Damned arrived in 2011 as a typically offbeat third-person shooter from Suda’s studio Grasshopper Manufacture, putting players in the boots of “Garcia Fucking Hotspur” as the demon-slayer blasted his way through a Hellish demon realm to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend Paula.
Helping Garcia was Johnson, his demon pal who could transform into a full armoury of guns, a flashlight - used to weaken darkness-dwelling demons, Alan Wake-style - and a literal motorcycle amidst lines like “Taste my Big Boner!” and "Aim for the cracks and shoot it with your hot Boner." (The Boner being Garcia’s revolver, obviously.)
As you can probably grasp from that if you haven’t played it, it’s a very silly affair, soaked in Suda’s trademark love of rock music and punk stylings as seen in the likes of No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw (which is also due a return). Mikami’s influence comes through the game’s solid survival-horror-tinged shooting and genuinely demonic monster designs, despite the goofy approach. I remember liking it a good amount at the time, despite never really gelling with No More Heroes, though I was also a literal teenager at the time, so I can’t speak to how its crass tone might land today.
The original Shadows of the Damned never went further than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, potentially one reason behind reportedly small sales despite a generally warm consensus about its engaging gameplay and charmingly rompy road-movie feel. This year’s remaster - the title of which will probably tell you whether you’ll get along with it, as it’s called Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered - will inspire a proper PC release for the first time, landing on Steam later in 2024.
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Shadows Of The Damned launched during a fascinating part of the PS3 era, where EA suddenly started publishing smaller titles, like the equally iconic Alice: Madness Returns. The business model didn’t last long, but we’re still grateful for the aforementioned third-person shooter, which was co-designed by industry icons Suda51 and Shinji Mikami. And as previously reported it’s getting a PS5 and PS4 remaster, due out later this year.
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Earlier this month, the upcoming Shadows of the Damned remake got an official title, and one fitting for its tongue-in-cheek vibes: Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered. Due to hit shelves sometime in 2024, fans of the original 2011 title are eager to return to the bizarre world of Garcia Hotspur. Apparently, the game’s writer Suda51 is also extremely interested.
When it comes to cult classics, you probably won't be able to find a developer out there as consistent with them as Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture. No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw, and Shadows of the Damned are all very well-liked games that never blew anyone away in terms of sales, but the quirky and unique elements of Suda's games have given him a very loyal and adoring fanbase.
Just over a year ago, Shinji Mikami - he of directing the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4 fame - was confirmed to be leaving Tango Gameworks, the studio that he had co-founded over a decade earlier to create a modern successor to his survival-horror classics, The Evil Within.
Grasshopper Manufacture has revealed all the platforms that the upcoming Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered will launch on. This Shadows of the Damned remaster was first announced last June, surprising several gamers. Shadows of the Damned is considered an underrated title by Grasshopper Manufacture that hasn't had a modern release in over a decade, being delisted from digital stores in 2021.
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Shinji Mikami, one of the original creators of Resident Evil, has recently founded a new company under the name Kamuy Inc. Mikami gained notoriety as the director of Resident Evil, which went on to create and popularize the survival horror genre. Recently, he was part of Tango Gameworks, which he left in 2023. He's currently working with Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. on Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered.
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has had a long and winding road through the industry, starting at Capcom, before jumping to short-lived offshoot Clover Games, then PlatinumGames, and then his own Bethesda-backed studio Tango Gameworks. Mikami stepped away from Tango in the past year, leaving it in the capable hands of protégé John Johanas, and it was unclear what his next step would be.
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Shinji Mikami, the legendary developer behind Resident Evil and a string of other classics, has founded a new company.