Surge Label
At the end of 2008, just prior to the release of Afro Samurai, Namco Bandai Games announced the Surge publishing label. The new label was an attempt at creating a separate identity for the company, aimed at a Western audience desiring more mature themes in game content. Following Afro, early press materials indicated that Dead to Rights: Retribution and Splatterhouse would also be released under the Surge label, but neither game ultimately did; both were released with a retro Namco label instead to reflect the series' legacy. As of 2010, Afro is still the only game to have been released as a Surge title. However, more games will be on the way when Surge announced that they will publish 2 Days to Vegas by Steel Monkeys.
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