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Colosseum dev reveals Alive & Undead for PSN photo

Swedish developer Shortfuse Games (best known for their Xbox LIVE indie title Colosseum)  has announced it's currently developing Alive & Undead, a 2D brawler set to hit PlayStation Network in the fall of 2010. 

In the 2-player brawler players choose from Mr. Smith, a vampire Elvis impersonator, or Welson the "femme-fatale witch" hunter. From what it sounds like, Alive & Undead sticks close to the beat 'em up formula, with the announcement promising air juggles and cooperative attacks to crush hordes of undead creatures.

"Alive & Undead is a brutal, uncensored vampire quest sprinkled with clichés of both side-scrolling beat 'em ups and sub-culture phenomena," president of Shortfuse Games Johan Hermerén said in a press release today. 

The above piece of artwork gives us an idea of the game's style, and you can check out video for what looks like references for fighting animations on the barebones Alive & Undead Web site.


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VaeVictus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 09:04
VaeVictus
Burn Zombie Burn's main character = homage to Bruce Campbell
Alive & Undead's Elvis character sounds like an homage to Bruce Campbell's Elvis in Bubba Hotep. 1st thing that comes to mind anyway.
Honeybucket's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 09:08
Honeybucket
Needs more motorized wheel chairs in that case...
Tye The Czar's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 15:40
Tye The Czar
It's cool to see a femme fatale not show so much skin that she looks like a slut. Other examples are characters like those from Melty Blood and Fate/Unlimited Codes(which are actually sequels to Type-Moons famous-yet-still-comparatively-prudish Visual Novels, Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night.) and the Touhou series.
jumanji's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 03:39
jumanji
I'm confused, is he an Elvis impersonator who's a vampire, or an impersonator of vampire Elvis?
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