
Weeks later, it became known that Namco Bandai Games hired members of the original development staff from BottleRocket to help finish the game.The game's story and dialogue was penned by comic book writer. The project was handed over to the internal development team at Namco Bandai Games who had recently completed. Namco Bandai Games explained that the move was due to a 'performance issue'. With no other projects or funding on their plate, BottleRocket was effectively shuttered as a result. Realizing that a sequel to Splatterhouse might appeal to older audiences interested in games like, and seeing 's success with, Namco Bandai approved the concept.In early 2009, BottleRocket revealed that had made the decision to cut the developer from the project, and had already taken back their console development kits. It is implied from West's reaction that the stray spirit is of Leonora's.Development and promotion According to Makoto Iwai, a then-senior vice president of Namco Bandai's American branch, he was tasked with finding a game to release that would be popular with American audiences. Believing his deal with the Mask to be done, he tries to pry it off however, aware of Jennifer's possession, it refuses. Rick and the Mask manage to kill it and sate the Mask's thirst for vengeance, but in the process, a stray spirit possesses Jennifer. The Mask informs Rick that he knew that Rick's killing would release it, stating that he wanted the Corrupted to know that it was the Mask that stopped them, and for that to happen, he needed to let them out. West witnesses Rick stomping on her and loses his morality, vowing to tear down the gates of heaven and ascending on a pile of corpses, built from the townsfolk of Arkham and topped with Rick's dead body.In the end, Rick succeeds in rescuing Jennifer and thwarting West's plans however, one of the Corrupted emerges, summoned from the numerous killings Rick committed through the game and constructed from the bodies of the monsters.

In an attempt to save Leonora thinking she was Jennifer, Rick was attacked by her demonic form, forcing him to kill her. There is also a platforming element with jump nodes to keep instant death falls to a minimum.The game also comes with the original arcade game, and as unlockables.Plot Jennifer Willis is to have an interview with Dr. Rick encounters Leonora while traveling through time, emerging near the alit wickerman cage as the townsfolk are turned into monsters by the Corrupted. He can perform 'Splatter Kills', extremely gory finishing moves. West was later summoned away from the town of Arkham and his home on a pointless errand, only to discover that the town's populace found out about Leonora, and imprisoned her to be burned as a witch.
