Remember playing House of the Dead in your favorite arcade back in the 90s or early 2000s? Soon, you’ll be able to play it again, but at the comfort of your own home!
SEGA via Forever Entertainment recently announced that The House of the Dead and The House of the Dead 2 are getting remakes. This follows recent rumors that the classic arcade zombie games will get remade.
The remakes for the first two House of the Dead games were confirmed by Forever Entertainment in a recent tweet:
Hi Guys! We confirm the signing of the agreement regarding remakes of the games "The House of the Dead" and "The House of the Dead 2". No platforms or release dates have been confirmed, and unfortunately we can’t say anything more for now. Please keep fingers crossed for us and..
— Forever Entertainment S.A. (@ForeverEntert) October 3, 2019
While The House of the Dead and The House of the Dead 2 remakes are confirmed, Forever Entertainment has not yet announced any platform or release date for the games. This means that these remakes are still a few years away.
In case you’re unfamiliar, The House of the Dead and the House of the Dead 2 are light gun arcade games released back in 1996 and 1998 respectively. While both games became highly popular arcade titles, they were also given console (House of the Dead on the SEGA Saturn and House of the Dead 2 on the Dreamcast) and PC releases.