Grasshopper Manufacture Dives Into ‘Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered’ With New BTS Special [Video]

It turns out, we won’t have to wait until Gamescom this year to hear more about Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, as the developer has released a 40-minute “Grasshopper Direct 2024 Behind the Scenes Special” focusing on the remaster. Grasshopper Manufacture community manager Grasshopper James is joined by the company’s CEO (and now executive producer on Hella Remastered) Suda 51 and producer Shinji Mikami, as well as members of the devteam to dive into the remaster, which is set to arrive this Halloween.

As is the norm for Grasshopper Manufacture, the special is a bit on the wacky side (Suda51 chastises Mikami for not going to PAX East with them), but they still get into how the preview build for Hella Remastered went over at PAX East. “I wanted to do this remaster for a long time,” says Suda51. However, due to licensing with EA, that wasn’t possible. “With [EA’s digital distribution platform] Origin gone, we’re now able to release the game on all platforms.”

After viewing the latest trailer for Hella Remastered,  the group goes over what’s been added to the game, including the New Game + mode, as well as having to “re-implement everything” in terms of balancing when it came to the weapons, as later in the game attacks from weapons “wouldn’t register” with enemies and bosses.

Regarding their future projects, Mikami stated that he wants to be as “hands on” as possible when it comes to game creation, and would love to see Suda51 make a sequel for Killer 7. In response, Suda stated that we may see a Killer 7 sequel “someday” or a “complete edition” of the original. In the meantime, Grasshopper is currently working on an action game that’s yet to be announced.

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered hits PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC via Steam, and the Nintendo Switch on October 31st.