| Shadows of the Damned | |
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| Developer(s) | Grasshopper Manufacture |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts NetEase Entertainment Interactive (Remaster) |
| Director(s) | Massimo Guarini |
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| Designer(s) | Massimo Guarini |
| Artist(s) | Phillip Peel |
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| Composer(s) | Akira Yamaoka |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S |
| Release | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360Switch, PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shadows of the Damned[a] is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was directed by Massimo Guarini, produced by Shinji Mikami and written by Suda51. The game follows Garcia Hotspur, a Mexican demon hunter who goes to the City of the Damned to battle its evils in order to save his girlfriend Paula, who was captured by the Lord of Demons, Fleming.
The game is the result of a collaboration between Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami, and the combined styles of the two designers, namely the "punk rock"[b] edge of the former and the "psychological action thriller" of the latter.[2] Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews from critics, but sold extremely poorly.
A remastered version of the game, titled Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, was announced by Grasshopper Manufacture on June 8, 2023.[3] It released in October 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.[4]
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- ^ Sinclair, Brendan. "Suda-51 Is Not Actually Punk". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ Brian Ashcraft (September 15, 2010). "First Shadows Of The Damned Screens And Concept Art". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ Sal Romano (June 8, 2023). "Shadows of the Damned: Remastered and Grasshopper Direct 2023 announced". Gematsu.
- ^ "Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered playable at PAX East 2024". March 14, 2024.