The Lollipop Chainsaw remake also being referred to as a ‘RePop’ finally has a release date of September 25.

The original game was released in 2012 and was an intriguing team-up between video game developer Suda51 and James Gunn. At the time, Gunn was known for his horror films and Suda51 for his wacky, out-there video games. Although not too much has changed for Suda51, Gunn has, of course, gone on to huge success with Guardians of the Galaxy and is now heading up the future of the DCU. 

The story follows Juliet Starling, who is part of a family and a long line of zombie hunters. And when a zombie outbreak occurs at her high school on her 18th birthday, she’s set into action to kill them all and try and save her boyfriend. 

Check out the new trailer, which features some gameplay.

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Lollipop Chainsaw RePoP will keep the story intact but add graphical enhancements, introduce some new gameplay elements, and make many quality-of-life improvements. 

Here’s the full list of improvements coming to the game:

  • Quality of Life Improvements
  • The resolution of the game has been increased to full HD, and load times have been greatly shortened.
  • The chainsaw action has been sped up with the introduction of the Chained Hits Hunting system, in which chaining multiple hits in succession increases the player’s attack speed.
  • The input timings for Combo Actions have been adjusted, to better fit players’ expectations.
  • Chainsaw Blaster action has been improved with the addition of auto-lock and auto-fire modes that can be toggled, and an increased maximum ammo count of 99.
  • The player can now immediately use Combo Actions at the start of the game.
  • Additional Gameplay Content
  • Separate from Original Mode, RePOP adds “RePOP mode”, which uses a unique and colorful pop art-inspired art style for damage effects.
  • Unique new chainsaws with distinctly different features have been added.
  • There are 30 costumes, more than the original game’s costume count. Combined with the addition of 4 new hair colors and 4 new chainsaws, this adds up to 750 different possible combinations.
  • JULIET’S ROOM has been expanded with more features.
  • A Time Attack mode with ranking feature has been added.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePop will release digitally on September 25 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC. A physical edition is planned for release in October.