A Lollipop Chainsaw remake has been announced for 2023
A remake of cult action game Lollipop Chainsaw has been announced by one of its former publishers.
Yoshimi Yasuda was previously the CEO of Kadokawa Games, which published Grasshopper Manufacture titles Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer is Dead in Japan. He was also executive producer on both titles.
In May it was announced that Yasuda would be leaving Kadokawa and would be establishing a new company called Dragami Games, and now Yasuda has confirmed that a Lollipop Chainsaw remake is one of the company’s first projects.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Yasuda said: “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.
“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.
“As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake. We have already contacted Warner Bros [who published the game outside Asia] about development, and are being supported by them in this endeavour.”
Yasuda added that while most of the original staff are working on the remake, some elements will be different from the original 2012 game.
“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,” he explained. “As a result, aside from a few licensed tracks, the soundtrack will consist of new music.
“Additionally, since we have access to consoles with higher specifications, we will be taking a more realistic approach to
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