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Cult Shooter ‘Killer7’ set for Remaster
Time for another round of Rumour Control. This time concerning a potential remaster of the cult GameCube and PlayStation 2 noir action game, Killer7.
During the HOPPER’S Vol. 5 event, which was celebrating the 20-year anniversary of former Capcom studio Grasshopper Manufacture (which is the studio behind Shadows of the Damned, Lolipop Chainsaw, Let It Die, and the aforementioned Killer7), it was announced by Grasshopper Manufacture head (and the game’s director) Suda51 that a remaster was in the works. A Twitter user and attendee to the event confirmed that the announcement was made at the end of the event, elaborating that there was “No definite date but ‘in the future'”.
For those gamers who are scratching their heads over just what Killer7 is, you’re not the only ones. Originally part of the Capcom Five (a set of games announced by Capcom exclusive to the Nintendo Gamecube with the goal of boosting hardware sales and showing off third-party developer support), the game follows an elite group of assassins called the “killer7”, who perform hits on behalf of the US government, but eventually uncover a conspiracy regarding the true nature of their organization. The game divided users over its Se7en-esque plot, unorthodox controls and rail shooter gameplay.
Regardless, the game even then was pegged as a cult hit by reviewers, and still maintains that appeal for some. Even I passed it by when it was released, so this remaster is probably justified. We can look forward to it “in the future”, it seems.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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