Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard has been officially announced for the and by D3, we learn today. a third-person game with comedic pretensions is the order of the day, and we'll actually be taking a closer look next week.

The new action game will be out at the beginning of 2009, and D3 big wig Peter Andrew is certainly enthused:

"Eat Lead parodies some of our fondest memories in classic gaming and pop culture, so gamers will have a laugh out loud experience every time they pick-up the controller."

The exec continued: "With an original storyline, Eat Lead perfectly blends action and humour with rock solid gameplay for an experience like no other."

More lead-eating shortly.

By Luke Guttridge