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The BottleRocket team fired by Namco for a still unknown reason has issued a statement saying it wishes the publisher “the best” and is to start work on a new game.

“Namco canceled the development of Splatterhouse on February 6, 2009,” said the note.

“BottleRocket wishes Namco the best in completing their project.”

The statement went on, saying that the “development team is looking forward to turning their attention to a new project soon to be announced.”

Thanks, Joystiq.

Following rumour of Splatterhouse developer BottleRocket going bust at the weekend, Gamasutra’s confirmed the truth of it.

“Yes, we have decided to part ways with BottleRocket Entertainment,” said a Namco rep, “but we are committed to bringing Splatterhouse to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year.

“At this time, we are not ready to discuss specific development details about the game, and wish BottleRocket the best of luck in their future endeavors.”

A BottleRocket staffer was less convivial.

“Last Friday, Namco showed up with a U-Haul truck, took all their assets (dev kits, etc.) and informed management that the title was being pulled from Bottlerocket,” a studio rep told the site.

Splatterhouse is believed to now have been moved to the Afro Samurai team. There’s no word as yet as to why any of this has happened.

Following rumour yesterday that Splatterhouse developer BottleRocket had gone bust, Kotaku’s fleshed the story out with talk that the horror reboot’s been moved in-house at Namco.

The game is to be completed by Namco’s Afro Samurai team, according to that piece. Less than ideal if you’re BottleRocket, obviously.

Splatterhouse made an appearance at Comic Con this weekend, making the news even tougher for the Californian developer.

The move essentially means it’s curtains for BottleRocket. Staff are apparently in the process of being paid up.

There’s no news yet on quite why any of this has happened. More next week, probably.

Good shit, yo. Speaking at Comic Con yesterday Splatterhouse co-producer Mark Brown confirmed that the original game’s to be included in the upcoming re-boot.

“Everybody wants that,” he said. “In one form, we’re gonna deliver on it.”

Brown called the original, the “crown jewel of the [Namco] back catalog,” at the event, and said the original may be included as a “premium edition” bonus.

Splatterhouse ships later this year for 360 and PS3. Thanks, Joystiq.

Bottle Rocket’s put out a new trailer for the Splatterhouse reboot, and it looks stupid in all the right ways.

The world needs more monster metal horror in videogames, which is just as well.

No date. PS3, 360. After the break.

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On Gamespot. There’s only two of them, but that’s better than none, right?

Take a look.

Not much to see here, but at least we know it’s not going to be pleasant.

The game involves a hockey mask, pulling people in half and some silly bint called Jennifer that needs “saving,” or somesuch.

After the break. No date.

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With Tokyo Game Show kicking off in earnest tomorrow with Microsoft’s keynote, Namco Bandai decided to get in on the act first yesterday and show off its ware’s for the coming year in Japan.

Basically: We Ski & Snowboard, Dragon Ball games, some Naruto stuff, a new Splatterhouse trailer, Tales of Symphonia, Afro Samurai and the almighty National Geographic PANDA. That’s PANDA.

Read a conference report on Kotaku.

This could be awesome. IGN’s posted some new screens of upcoming horror remake Splatterhouse, showing jumping, making heads explode and what looks like two side-kick dog things.

It’s not out until next year, but artwork of a huge man with an oversized arm covered in bodily fluid up the elbow pretty much does it for us. Check it out.

Tiscali Games has published the first proper screens of Splatterhouse, and very violent it looks too. It’s supposed to be out this year, and this sort of trumps EGM’s exclusive, but there we are. Take a look.

1up’s posted a new image of the main model from the newly-revealed Splatterhouse update. not much more to say, really, other than BottleRocket’s now been confirmed as the developer and you can see more in the next issue of EGM.

The June issue of EGM’s got a cover exclusive on a new Splatterhouse game, if you can believe that. See here. There are no details on that page apart from the fact it’s being published by Namco.

Surfer Girl reckons BottleRocket Entertainment (Rise of the Kasai) is developing the title.

There’s loads of other stuff in the mag. Why doesn’t someone publish something like EGM in the UK? We might actually buy it if they did.