Although no information has been shared as to which platforms the remake will be available on, Yasuda said that the development team will be “taking a more realistic approach to the graphics this time,” thanks to the higher specifications of current consoles in comparison to 2012’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. For example, due to licensing issues the remake’s soundtrack will have new music while you’re mowing down hordes of zombies. Yasuda said that the remake will be handled by the game’s original developers and the staff at Dragami Games, while noting that some elements from the original game will be different in the remake. Today, Yasuda clarified that in fact a remake is in the works. Please check Producer message about Lollipop Chainsaw Remake. Lollipop Chainasaw Remake の発表に関する Producer message をお届けします…!!! However, he didn’t make clear what this would be, leading to a lot of people assuming it would be a sequel. He added that the new game would be coming from the newly formed game studio, Dragami Games, of which he serves as the president and CEO, rather than from the game’s original developer, Grasshopper Manufacture. Last month, during the game’s 10th anniversary celebration, Yasuda teased that “ Lollipop Chainsaw is back” on his Twitter account. Please look forward to the game’s 2023 release.After initially causing some confusion last month, today the original game’s executive producer Yoshimi Yasuda has confirmed that the fondly remembered PS3/360 game is getting the remake treatment, due to be released in 2023. In any case, our goal is to make it easier for gamers who want to play Lollipop Chainsaw to do so. Additionally, since we have access to consoles with higher specifications, we will be taking a more realistic approach to the graphics this time. As a result, aside from a few licensed tracks, the soundtrack will consist of new music. For instance, the original game had 15 licensed songs used in the soundtrack, but it is unfortunately difficult for us to implement all of them this time.

One thing that we have to tell fans of the original game is that even though the original staff are working on the remake, there will be elements that are different from the original. about development, and are being supported by them in this endeavor. As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake. We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us, and did not want to leave it in limbo, where players who want to play it cannot. Unfortunately, various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles. senior manager suggested that we have the game’s script rewritten, and that we leave it to film director James Gunn, which we gladly agreed to.Īll of this good fortune resulted in Lollipop Chainsaw, which released in June 2012, being loved by many players all over the world, selling over a million units worldwide. thus becoming the publisher for the game in all regions outside of Asia. led to us successfully grasping a chance with the Warner Bros. In January 2010, the aid of a friend of mine working at Warner Bros. Suda-san looked over the game design and supervised the project as an executive producer. I saw great potential in Grasshopper Manufacture‘s proposal, and just one month after Kadokawa Games was founded April 2009, we started the development project on Lollipop Chainsaw, in May 2009.Īs Suda-san was very busy handling development on other projects at the time, I served as director and producer, creating a joint development team consisting of staff from Grasshopper Manufacture and Kadokawa Games, overseeing development directly. Lollipop Chainsaw was born as a result of Suda 51 discussing creating a new game with me.

Lollipop chainsaw remake