March 29, 2010
NAMCO BANDAI Games Announces Dead
to Rights: Retribution has Gone Gold
Hard-Hitting Reboot of Gritty
Crime-Action Series Shipping in North America on April 27
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.,
announced today that Dead to Rights: Retribution has gone gold for the Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3. A reimagining of the multi-million unit selling crime-action
series, Dead to Rights: Retribution puts players in control of two playable
characters, vice cop Jack Slate and his canine companion Shadow, as they fight
to uncover a conspiracy that threatens to destroy Grant City. Deadly on their
own, Jack and Shadow are even more formidable as they team up in this
no-holds-barred neo-noir journey.
Gameplay in Dead to Rights:
Retribution is brutal and relentless, with a seamless combat system that allows
players to fluidly transition between third-person shooting, hand-to-hand combat
and AI partner control. Jack has a myriad of tools available to him that can be
used in any combination, offering a wide variety of choice in how he can
dispatch enemies in any combat situation. Players will also have the ability to
play as a ferocious canine, Shadow. At various points in the story, the gameplay
switches up as players take control of Shadow, interjecting a completely
different style of combat than Jack’s. Shadow utilizes his heightened senses to
stalk enemies with his stealth abilities and tears enemies apart with his
visceral attacks.
Customers who pre-order the game at
participating retailers will have special access to downloadable packs of extra
content that expand the gameplay experience with the final retail game. The
“Jack Pack” is available through EB Games Canada and GameStop in-store or online
pre-order and features health boosting GAC (Grant City Anti-Crime) armor for
Jack Slate and a guns-blazing “action mode” that has explosive rounds. The
“Shadow Pack” is available for pre-orders at Amazon.com and includes stealth
camouflage for Shadow as well as a “noir mode” that transforms graphics into a
dramatic black, white and blood red color scheme. Additional post-launch DLC
will also be available and details will be released in the coming weeks.
Developed by Volatile Games, Dead to
Rights: Retribution is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB and will have an MSRP of
$59.99. For more information, please visit
http://www.deadtorights.com/ or
www.namcobandaigames.com.
