Cult Classic Xbox 360 Game from 2009 Could Be Making a Comeback

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Cult Classic Xbox 360 Game from 2009 Could Be Making a Comeback

Key Takeaways

  • Classic Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai may be ported to PC in the future.
  • Ska Studios founder James Silva teased plans to bring back Dead Samurai via a PC port due to its significance.
  • Silva faces challenges updating the game for modern platforms but work on the port is underway.

As a gamer who has been around since the Xbox 360 era, the news of a potential PC port for The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is like finding a long-lost treasure map. This game was a gem in the indie scene back then, and its delisting from Xbox Live Arcade left a bitter taste in my gaming experience.

It is possible that the popular PC game version of “The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai,” one of the top digital arcade games for Xbox 360, may be released in the future. Regrettably, despite being accessible at a low cost before the recent closure of the Xbox 360 Marketplace, “The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai,” its sequel “The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile,” and developer Ska Studios’ other classic game for Xbox Live Arcade, “Charlie Murder,” have all been permanently removed from the market and are no longer available for purchase on any platform.

In the realm of Xbox Live Arcade indie games around 2009, the game The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai was a standout, recognized for its dark and violent visual style and intense gameplay. Following this, Ska Studios released two more games in the same genre: The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile in 2011 and Charlie Murder in 2013. Now that the Xbox 360 era has passed, Ska Studios is mainly known for their works Salt and Sanctuary and Salt and Sacrifice, two games inspired by the style of Dark Souls, which are action platformers with strong RPG elements.

James Silva, founder of Ska Studios and creator of the game The Dishwasher, hinted in a conversation with TheGamer that he might re-release Dead Samurai, which was recently removed from Xbox 360, on PC. Silva values Dead Samurai: Dead Samurai as it was instrumental in launching his career, and he finds it unsettling that it’s no longer accessible to gamers for purchase. However, there is currently no information available regarding whether Silva plans to make Dead Samurai available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and S, since it isn’t backwards compatible.

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai Might Get Ported To PC

Although Silva aims to reintroduce “The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai” to a broader audience, he acknowledges that it won’t be an effortless process. He mentions that enhancing keyboard support and modernizing the game’s resolution could pose significant challenges, and expresses concerns about altering the game’s visuals too much for fear of it appearing drastically different. However, with the original source code available and a Steam AppID already created for it, work on the port is essentially in progress. Regarding “Dead Samurai”, there’s also speculation about whether James Silva and Ska Studios plan to transfer both “The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile” and “Charlie Murder” to PC and contemporary consoles as well, since these games were also removed when the Xbox 360 store was discontinued.

Beyond these projects, Ska Studios appears to be engrossed in developing their next unannounced game. Whether this new title will serve as a sequel to Salt and Sanctuary or Salt and Sacrifice from 2022, or if it’s something entirely fresh remains a mystery. James Silva plans to resurrect The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai at some point in the future, but he warns that fans will need to be patient before they hear any further updates.

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2024-08-29 22:43