Dead Head Fred

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Twisted noir. That's what Dead Head Fred is described as, a weird third-person action-adventure heading to PSP that stars a headless detective who can stick on new heads to tackle various situations.

D3Publisher today announced Dead Head Fred, an action game for the PSP due out early next year. The title - which, amazingly enough, has nothing to do with hippies - will be on display at E3 next week, and will showcase the first hero to not only sever the noggins of his enemies, but to use them to grant himself new abilities. Taking place in a film-noir alternate universe, Dead Head Fred puts players in control of Fred Neuman, a private eye who gets murdered and then resurrected as a headless