Gaming remakes have been somewhat of a mixed bag recently. Capcom's attempt at rebooting Bionic

Commando met with a lot of scorn from fans and critics, while Activision has had better success with its "pseudo-remake" of the Nintendo 64 classic, GoldenEye.

Hoping to release a product closer to the latter, Namco Bandai tasked BottleRocket with crafting a remake of Splatterhouse--the 1988 arcade, horror game. Early last year, Namco Bandai abruptly pulled BottleRocket from the project and assigned the game to their internal development team, with only a few of the original developers remaining on the project. After the numerous delays that resulted from this shake-up, Splatterhouse has finally arrived. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

The first Filter of the week features new media for Vindictus, Splatterhouse, Tera, Apache: Air Assault, Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, EVE Online, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and DC Universe Online. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new media for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, Splatterhouse, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Ion Assault, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Rift: Planes of Telara. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

The last Filter before the weekend features Test Drive Unlimited 2, Splatterhouse, Blacklight: Tango Down, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, Medal of Honor, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, The Sims Medieval, Front Mission Evolved, and Faery: Legends of Avalon. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for FIFA Soccer 11, Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, Wildlife Park 3, Overgrowth, Apache: Air Assault, Vindictus, Tera, Splatterhouse, Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates, Reload, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Darkspore, Sonic Free Riders, Terra Militaris, Black Prophecy, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and James Bond 007: Blood Stone. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new media from Splatterhouse, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Bloodline Champions, Vindictus, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, Vanquish, Monopoly Streets, League of Legends, Saw 2: Flesh & Blood, and a teaser trailer announcing the first original release from developer Demiurge Studios, a downloadable title for Xbox 360 and PS3 dubbed Shoot Many Robots. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes media for Red Dead Redemption, Shank, Lucha Libre AAA Heroes of the Ring, DC Universe Online, Mythos, WRC: FIA World Rally Championship 2010, Emergency 2012, Fighters Uncaged, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Super Scribblenauts, Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs. Sasuke, Just Dance 2, and Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Daily Filter includes a whole bucket full of screenshots and trailers from Gamescom 2010. So many, that we couldn't even fit all of them here. We've filtered the filter! Below you'll see new footage of Dead Space 2, two videos from Red Faction: Armageddon, a trailer for Metroid: Other M, new images of BioShock Infinite, Dungeon Siege III, screens and a video for F.E.A.R. 3, a retro-inspired Splatterhouse trailer, screends and video of TERA, a fast new trailer for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, two gameplay videos for Enslaved, screenshots from Dead Rising 2, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Civilization V, DiRT 3, Mortal Kombat, and some screends and video for End of Nations. Whew! Read more »

QUICK TAKE: With a ridiculous amount of violence and blood joined by some puzzle solving, this classic franchise is coming back with a vengeance. It's definitely not for the faint of heart, but if you're looking for heavy action that doesn't take itself too seriously then Splatterhouse is for you.

A remake of the 1988 classic arcade game, Splatterhouse was one of the most prominent titles at Namco's E3 2010 booth. Longtime gamers will be drawn by the old brand, wondering what a reimagined and modern Splatterhouse is like. Newcomers will be drawn by the crazy action, slick graphics, and gratuitous amount of blood. The gameplay shown at E3 was fast, fun, and stylish. Read more »

The events leading up to and following Rick Taylor's decision to wear the "Mayan Terror Mask" central to Splatterhouse are revealed in the latest bit of E3 media from Namco.

Some incredibly violent screenshots for Namco Bandai's next-gen remake of the 1988 classic Splatterhouse franchise have bludgeoned their way into the daylight. You can almost hear the the wet, thudding smacks of Rick's spiked bat as he turns hordes of the game's mutated horrors into crimson stains.

As previously reported, the game began development at the now-defunct indie studio, BottleRocket, but has since been taken over by Namco Bandai's internal Afro Samurai development team. Read more »

Mythos, the PC action RPG created by the now-defunct Flagship Studios, will be receiving a free-to-play release in the US, current developer Redbana announced today.

Redbana's fellow T3 Entertainment subsidiary HanbitSoft picked up the rights to Mythos following the collapse of Flagship. The Mythos site is now accepting signups for an upcoming US closed beta test, while a South Korean counterpart is already underway. Read more »

In an announcement highlighting the revelation of "exclusive" Splatterhouse-branded shoes, developer Namco also passed along some new screenshots and artwork from the game.

And as that artwork shows, the shoes--crafted by GLOBE.TV and now available at $79.99--resemble those of protagonist Rick's in-game kicks, except his have more green. Said Namco of the premium footwear: Read more »

Once due sometime this year and then postponed to "early 2010" after developer BottleRocket was pulled off the project, Namco Bandai's Splatterhouse--a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 revamp of the classic horror franchise--has been delayed again.

In issuing several new screenshots of the game, Namco today provided word that Splatterhouse is now slated to arrive in Q3 2010--a period that runs from July 1 through September 30. The reasons behind the delay were not specified. Read more »

After seeing both of its most recent projects fall through, independent developer BottleRocket has closed its doors, though its founder is planning a new studio.

"After fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on," studio founder Jay Beard informed GamesIndustry.biz. Read more »