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“Another Story” – A Collection of OverBlood 2 Stories
Everybody knows there was an OverBlood 2 book, right? And I’m not talking about strategy guides…
“The Sequel Doomed to Obscurity” by Earlybird
If there is one thing that I’m pretty sure that gamers across the world agree on, it’s that OverBlood 2 is the best Christmas game ever. Right? Which is why we can all rejoice in the fact that YouTuber, Earlybird, just dropped a new video which takes a deep dive in to the game – and it’s great.
Talking OverBlood2.com with Stealth Optional
I was recently contacted by freelance gaming journalist Damiano Gerli to see if I’d be interested in speaking to him about why this website was built in the first place to be featured over at Stealth Optional.
OverBlood 2: The English Voice Cast
Back in 2017 when I first started gathering information to build this website I discovered that information on OverBlood 2’s English voice case was hard to come by.
OverBlood 2 Promotional VHS Tape Footage [from 1998]
One of the (many) items I picked up from Yahoo! Auctions Japan while putting this website together is a VHS tape.
“Pod ’em Up!” podcast celebrates 50 episodes by playing OverBlood 2
I’ve been listening to the Pod ’em Up! podcast since finding out about their episode on the original OverBlood game (released back in March 2020), so I was eager to check on their latest (and 50th) episode on OverBlood 2 when it released a few days ago.
Walkthough 2.0
Now that the website has been live for a few years, I spent some time going through the walkthough and making some changes.
Talking OverBlood 2 on the “Games My Mom Found” Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of appearing on the “Games My Mom Found” podcast to talk with host Mike Albertin about my “favourite gaming memory” – so naturally we talked about OverBlood 2.
OverBlood 2 opening upscaled to 720p
YouTuber Yoko Inokuma recently uploaded a video to their channel of Overblood 2’s opening scene upscaled to 720p from the original 320×176 – and it looks great.
OverBlood 2 custscenes in Italian
Thanks to YouTuber, Zapping Lad, every cutscene from the Italian version of the game has been uploaded to to YouTube, totalling over 5 hours.
OverBlood 2 Japanese Demo [Hyper Playstation Re-Mix 1998 No. 9]
I finally got around to playing through the demo, which is now on the OverBlood2.com YouTube channel.
Exploring the OverBlood 2 Debug Menu
After getting into the game’s debug menu and playing around, I recorded a video showing what I found.
OverBlood 2 Speedrun Record Broken Again
For the second time in 2021, the speedrun record for OverBlood 2 has been broken.
Episode 8 [Bonus]
I finally got around to adding Episode 8’s walkthrough sections to the site…
Video Walkthrough Complete
After launching the site back in 2020 I got to work on recording and editing a full video walkthrough, which I’m glad to say is finally finished.
New OverBlood 2 Speedrun Record
Congratulations to GhoumyGhost on breaking his own OverBlood 2 speedrun record of 9h 45m 59s by around 3 hours, finishing in an impressive 6h 51m 23s.
OverBlood 2 at TGS, Autumn ’97
Information on OverBlood 2’s stand at The Tokyo Game Show 1997 Autumn (東京ゲームショウ1997秋).
Gaming Mag Nostalgia (ft. OverBlood 2)
I recently tried my luck on archive.org for any old articles about OverBlood 2 and found more than I expected.
TGBS: Back from the Dead
As part of his “Back from the Dead” series, YouTuber TheGamingBritShow has just released a fantastic feature-length OverBlood 2 video.
The “East Edge File” Video
The “East Edge File” promotional disc in video for the first time.