XSEED bringing Ju-On: The Grudge to US @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on May 25, 2009

News: With the original director on board as a creative consultant.

XSEED Games have announced that they will be bringing the Wii adaptation of The Grudge to America this October. The game, titled Ju-On: The Grudge, is being developed by Feelplus and Takashi Shimizu, director of the original series of movies to come out of Japan and the American remake, will serve as a creative consultant during development.

Described as a "haunted house simulator", Ju-On will turn the Wii Remote into a flashlight and should bring plenty of scares to Wii owners with its story:

It is said that when a person dies with a deep and burning grudge, a curse is born. When an average housewife in Nerima, Japan, was murdered in a grisly fashion, it gave rise to a curse so powerful that it threatens to kill at a pace thought unimaginable before.

The curse manifests on those who encounter the curse by any means, such as entering the house or being in contact with somebody who was already cursed. Once Erika Yamada is exposed to the curse while searching for her dog in an abandoned warehouse, the entire Yamada family is put in grave danger as soon as she reunites with them at home. They must now face their individual challenges alone, and only by overcoming the curse together will their family truly be free again.

We'll have more soon.