Sega's House of the Dead series was an important part of the arcade revival of light gun shooters when it was first released in the US in 1997. The franchise offered a different twist on the reality-based shooters, such as the Virtua Cop and Time Crisis games, by placing a wide assortment of undead menaces in players' crosshairs. The latest installment in the series, The House of the Dead III, continues the fine tradition of zombie shooting on the Xbox. We had a chance to check out a previewable build of the upcoming game to see how it's coming together. Offering some twists on the gameplay of the previous games, gorgeous graphics, and some unlockables to discover, The House of the Dead III seems to be capably carrying the zombie-killing torch on the Xbox.
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