Screw the haters. I'm of the mind that there can't be enough zombie-related videogames on the market. It seems like developer Nihilistic Software and I are on the same page.
Our sources tell us that the developer -- who released the THQ-published third-person action splatterfest, Conan last year -- is working on an Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network title tentatively called "Zombie Apocalypse." Details are sketchy, but we're told the title is an arcade-style game which would also feature online multiplayer support. "Zombie Apocalypse" may have gamers fighting to save survivors from zombie hordes over the course of several in-game days, using weapons like a chainsaw, as well as deadly environmental hazards.
This info seems to jive with Nihilistic programmer and artist Mike Parsons' resume, which we dug up today by poking around the Internet. Parsons list a "to be announced" "arcade style downloadable zombie game" for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as one of his current projects. His resume also lists another unannounced title, a third-person action game for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Sierra's kiddie-style Xbox LIVE undead game Zombie Wranglers seems to be stuck in limbo somewhere, but at least we have doublesix's PSN title Burn Zombie Burn! to look forward to. Is there room for another digital zombie-slaughtering adventure in your life?
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8:00 PM on 02.16.2009
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I hope so.
Dead Rising type game with online multiplayer pleeeeease
Yes, you ARE the only one here who doesn't love everything to do with zombies. Sadly, I doubt we could instruct you in the ways. It seems to be an inherent matter of preference. Someday, perhaps through sorcery, we can bring you lovingly into the undead fold. In any case, I'm all for this, and most other, games willingly to do the zombie apocalypse right.
Also, cocks.
A Romero license would be sweet but the last game he had anything to do with sucked.
This sounds right up my alley.
I just picked up the new Oneechanbara game for 360 and I love it. It wasn't long (i'd say a few minutes) before the targets became less zombie, and moar ...targets(that game is just FUN!).
I'm not ashamed to be so attached to this phenomenon. If nothing else it's a demonstration of what to do if society disintegrated and chaos reigned. Survive, amirite?
There's a huge fan base for movies and entertainment involving the undead. I would recommend watching the George Romero films first (Night of the living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, and Diary of the Dead), , then branch off... Don't miss the comedy ones too like Shawn of the Dead and Fido. Also: if you're watching a Dawn of the Dead not made by George Romero, find the Romero one first, then watch the newer one. I think those movies (plus others with the same monsters) create a desire to slay the undead amongst gamers.
Oh, and DO WANT.
Something like that isn't really in the scope of an XBLA/PSN game, but a guy can dream...
Fuck it, flood the market with zombie games, and ill be happy with that. My wallet wont but thats another story for another day...
We will always be fascinated by death, so the walking dead will always get our love. Don't flood the industry with too many zombie games though.
Sure, I too think that a zombie style RTS is the next way to go for some games, so that we can all be thrown kicking and screaming into the hordes to survive. Give me a gun, crow bar some food and water supplies, and I'll gladly become one man army hobo, clearing space for myself in a world gone mad.
By the way, if you love zombies, pick up Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series. Its ongoing and freaking awesome sauce. Its up to issue 58 at the moment. I know you'll love it.