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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut trailer questions everything

David Hinkle — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:00:00 EST

Do you even know what's in your coffee? Is that even coffee in your cup?

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Don't forget the 'deadly' part in Deadly Premonition

JC Fletcher — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:00:00 EST

Most discussion of Deadly Premonition paints it as simply "quirky," but this trailer for the upcoming Director's Cut makes it seem a lot less like a harmless oddity and more like a menacing experience. Right, Zach?

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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut out April 30

JC Fletcher — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:00:00 EST

4/30 ... in the coffee ...

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut, which has SWERY's signature on it so you know how director's cut-ty it is, will be released on April 30 in North America, both as a retail game and as a PSN download.

Pre-orders of the retail version from "participating retailers" including GameStop and Amazon will receive DLC "so plush, that Agent York (and Zach) will feel like their investigation in the small country town of Greenvale just turned into a vacation." The announcement from publisher Rising Star Games explains that the DLC will "expand the mystery beyond the original game and let Agent York (and Zach) live it up in Greenvale."

Like everything else about this game, man, we don't know.

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Everything old is new and weird again in the Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut

Heidi Kemps — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST

Deadly Premonition's release history has been strange: In the United States and Europe, the game launched as an exclusive to the Xbox 360, while Japan received the game as a limited PlayStation 3-only release (albeit under the name "Red Seeds Profile"). Two years after its initial launch, Deadly Premonition's cult status has earned it a 'Director's Cut' release, exclusively planned for release in multiple regions worldwide on the PS3.

Aside from bringing the game to Sony loyalists outside of Japan, the Director's Cut also introduces more than a few overhauls to the original, along with stereoscopic 3D and PlayStation Move support, making this visit to Deadly Premonition's 'Greenvale' worthwhile to tourists and citizens alike.

Gallery: Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut

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Deadly Premonition Director's Cut goes to Europe April 19

JC Fletcher — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:30:00 EST

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut will drive from Greenvale all the way to Europe in order to arrive on April 19. Magical realism makes it possible. Like the American release, the Euro version of the Director's Cut is PS3-only.

Speaking to the European PlayStation Blog, designer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro talked about plans for a follow-up. "I'm in discussion with Tomio [Kanazawa, of Toybox Games] about the future of Deadly Premontion. It may not be Deadly Premonition 2 but it's definitely going to be something," he said. "At the moment we're talking about how it might be interesting to set the game in Europe."

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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut foretold for March

JC Fletcher — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:30:00 EST

The Q1 release window originally given to Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut has been narrowed down to March 2013. The open-world horror, action, mystery, etc. game will have "reworked" controls for its combat, a new scenario designed by creator SWERY, and will support additional downloadable content.

It's also probably going to be really weird. While the above trailer doesn't show much of the actual game, it does assuage any fears you may have had that the new version wasn't going to be about a crazy person who talks to an invisible partner named Zach.

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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut arrives on PS3 in Q1 2013 [update: Move confirmed]

Sinan Kubba — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:30:00 EST

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut is pulling into PlayStation 3 in the first quarter of 2013 for North America and Europe, Rising Star Games announced. The enhanced re-release includes new content, and will receive new downloadable content. It also features a high definition face-lift and reworked controls.

Deadly Premonition creator SWERY65 announced the remastered PS3 edition of his 2010 cult favorite back in March, telling us it would feature new content and Move controls. The press release from Rising Star makes no mention of Move, so we've reached out to the publisher for confirmation.

Update: Rising Star confirmed to us Move support is still planned.

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Deadly Premonition being remastered for PS3, with Move support

JC Fletcher — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:35:00 EST

Immediately after ex-Marvelous CEO (and new Toybox Games founder) Yasuhiro Wada let slip news of a new Deadly Premonition PS3 project at GDC, he met with Joystiq for an interview and clarified just what it is. And it's not a sequel.

Deadly Premonition is being "remastered" and updated for PS3, by a team headed by Swery65, working in concert with the two-man Toybox studio. The new version, which will be further detailed at E3, will include new content, including new "scenarios" -- and support for the PlayStation Move. We're sure the whole thing will make much more sense with motion controls.

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Yasuhiro Wada working with Swery on new Deadly Premonition PS3 project

JC Fletcher — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:54:00 EST

During his GDC panel (ostensibly a Classic Game Postmortem on Harvest Moon), former Marvelous CEO Yasuhiro Wada casually revealed that he's working with Hidetaka "Swery65" Suehiro on a new Deadly Premonition project for PS3.

The announcement was far too casual to include details -- like whether it's a sequel or some kind of update of the original (which came out on PS3 in Japan) -- but Wada said that a for-real announcement was possible at E3.

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Swery considering new game, more Deadly Premonition projects

JC Fletcher — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:40:00 EST

Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka Suehiro, known as "Swery," is full of crazy ideas -- as anyone who played his weird, sprawling, Twin Peaks-inspired game will tell you. Some of the ideas currently occupying Swery's mind involve new games, and extensions of Deadly Premonition.

"What I can say," the Access Games producer told Metro, "is that I'm making a storyline for a completely new game." As for Deadly Premonition, he's got "different types" of projects in mind. "Trying to think of ways to create a sequel, that's definitely on the table, trying to create a prequel is also definitely on the table; and also a project to have more people play Deadly Premonition."

An easy guess as to the identity of that last project: bringing the PS3 version of the game, currently available in Japan, to the West. All of these projects, as Swery has noted before, will require money before he can take them on -- which might not be a problem anymore. Swery said that "A few publishers have contacted our company, after the success of Deadly Premonition, and we are now creating concepts for them - which is why there's so many things on the table right now. "

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Deadly Premonition director wants to make a new game, just can't afford it

Mike Schramm — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:00:00 EST

Swery65, the director of last year's Deadly Premonition, has taken to the Internet in a new blog posting asking for support for a brand new title. He says that his team at Access Games is itching to start a new project, but game design takes more than just dreams and ideas -- apparently it takes time and money as well. And since time is money, he basically just needs money.

"I want to make a new game," he wrote. "As much as I want, but that alone is not enough to start the process. Would anyone be ready to invest in us?" Swery doesn't say anything about what kind of game he plans to make, but does promise that he'll "work until it kills me," and that the team will definitely "make something good."

Any big-time investors out there willing to call his bluff? It seems like, despite the mixed reception for Deadly Premonition around the world, Swery shouldn't have too much trouble finding a publisher sooner or later. Even if not, there's always Kickstarter, right?

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Deadly Premonition walking backwards to UK Games on Demand next week

Ben Gilbert — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EST

Eager to virtually explore the bizarre world of Agent York in Deadly Premonition, but can't seem to locate a hard copy of the cult hit? Rising Star Games has you covered, as the publisher plans to launch the title digitally through Xbox Live's Games on Demand service next week, on July 5, for an unannounced price -- at least in the UK. We've reached out to DP's North American publisher, Ignition Entertainment, to see if it's landing Stateside as well.

So, rather than spending July 5 sweating profusely, how about grabbing a piping hot cup of coffee, turning on the AC, and walking through the doors of perception with us? Don't worry, we'll bring the pie.

Update: The game will cost £14.99/€19.99 in the UK/EU, and Rising Star is only handling distribution in PAL territories. We've yet to hear back from Ignition reps.

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Rising Star Games sees a Deadly Premonition in Europe

JC Fletcher — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:20:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

Deadly Premonition, Access Games' creepy, low-budget survival horror adventure starring an insane FBI investigator, is on the way to Europe. Former Marvelous partner and "Home of Japanese Games" Rising Star Games will publish the surreal open-world Xbox 360 game in Europe this "autumn," for £24.99 ($39), which isn't quite as wallet-friendly as the North American release's $19.99 price point, but is still less than full price.

In the press release, Rising Star noted the unusual range of reactions from reviewers, including IGN's 2/10 review. Seriously, this quote is in the press release announcing the game: "Awful in nearly every way... Terrible controls. Terrible pacing. Terrible sound effects. Terrible visuals." Absolutely everything about this game is insane, even the people publishing it.

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Ignition Entertainment rebrands, focusing on digital content

Griffin McElroy — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:30:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

Deadly Premonition and El Shaddai publisher Ignition Entertainment recently underwent a bit of restructuring, leading it to adopt part of the moniker of its parent company, UTV Group. The publisher, henceforth named UTV Ignition Entertainment, will now focus on delivering downloadable titles on digital platforms including PSN, XBLA, Steam, Facebook, Google Games and the App Store.

The change was made to satisfy "a demand to market and publish games at more inclusive price points that maintain the same level of quality as their boxed counterparts," UTV Ignition chairman Hassan Sadiq explained in a recent statement. We suppose that's an admirable goal, though we'll never forgive them for missing the perfect opportunity to name their business "Remix to Ignition." For shame, you guys. For shame.

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Amazon discount sparks chart-topping sales of Deadly Premonition

JC Fletcher — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:30:00 EST

A combination of word-of-mouth promotion and a one-day discount has propelled Access Games and Ignition Entertainment's Deadly Premonition to the top of Amazon's Xbox 360 sales chart this week, according to Gamasutra. The low-budget survival horror game received an unusual range of reviews -- from a 2/10 from IGN to Destructoid's 10/10, with everything in between. Those that did like the game describe it as a combination of Twin Peaks-like storytelling and awkward writing, which are often the key ingredients for a cult hit.

Of course, the main motivator for Deadly Premonition's uptick in sales was Amazon's discount. On Wednesday, it was the retailer's Deal of the Day, with its price knocked down from $19.99 to $14.98. Apparently, a lot of people were waiting until it dropped under $20. Sadly, the game has returned to its exorbitant original price.

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ESRB rates Deadly Premonition for PS3

JC Fletcher — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:00 EST

In the ancient times, when Access Games' survival horror game, Deadly Premonition, was known as Rainy Woods, it was a multiplatform PS3/Xbox 360 title. But when Ignition picked it up, it was announced as a $19.99 budget title for Xbox 360 only. However, the ESRB rating for Deadly Premonition, which lists Ignition as the publisher, shows PS3 in the list of platforms.

We're just like the game's Agent Francis York Morgan, except instead of a gruesome, unexplained murder, we're investigating an ESRB rating, and instead of looking around a mysterious town in search of clues, we've emailed Ignition. But it's the same basic thing.

Gallery: Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360)

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Ignition and Marvelous have a Deadly Premonition

JC Fletcher — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

Ignition Entertainment, partnering with recent publisher BFF Marvelous Entertainment, has announced a new survival horror game for Xbox 360 called Deadly Premonition. The game is the second original work from Access Games, who created the PS2 stealth game Spy Fiction, and also codeveloped The Sky Crawlers and Ace Combat X.

The game stars an FBI agent investigating a murder in ~~Silent Hill~~ a rural town full of unexplained events, mysterious characters, and, apparently, dripping blood. It will feature exploration and driving in addition to fighting creepy Jawas. Ignition predicts an early 2010 release.

If this game looks familiar to you, you have a really good memory! It was announced back in 2007 as Rainy Woods, and was a multiplatform release at the time. It's now been renamed and targeted just at the 360.

Gallery: Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360)

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