Zombie games news August 27 2011

Still human: Students star in epic zombies game Tallahassee.com Zombies on FSU's Union Green in July. / Melina Vastola/Special to the Democrat TALLAHASSEE.COM: See a gallery of a dozen photos from the July Humans vs. Zombies game at FSU. Jonathan Johnson plays as a human during an on campus game of Humans vs. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bifrost Studios talks zombies, iOS and industry Australian Macworld Part time/casuals – work on assets, art and game test. What is it about Zombie Juice that you think separates it from the pack when it comes to the zombie genre and iOS games? Zombie Juice is different to other zombie games as you can interact with the ... See all stories on this topic »

Flash Game Friday: The Last Stand: Union City GamePro.com Because it wouldn't be a Flash Game Friday without a zombie or two, we take a look at the latest entry in Armor Games' series of undead apocalypse scenario simulators. by Will Herring It's been a while since Con Artists' The Last Stand shambled onto ... See all stories on this topic »

Dead Island Avatar Items Set to Enter Xbox Live Game Guru By Correspondent | Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 5:43:GMT+5 Deep Silver, developer of the upcoming zombie action adventure game Dead Island, announced recently that themed avatar items of the title will be made available to Xbox Live users this ... See all stories on this topic » Game Guru

Dead Rising 2: OTR Sandbox Mode Kills the Timer, Stops Rushing You 1UP.com Pictured above is one that has you trying to stick a Servbot mask on as many zombies as possible. Off the Record is a disc-based expansion of sorts for Dead Rising 2. It brings back the star of the first game, photojournalist Frank West, and adds what ... See all stories on this topic »

GDC 2012: Saltsman, Johnson On Unexplored Realms Of Game Design Gamasutra The other development that stands out to me is how the best small-scale, indie games, like Frozen Synapse, Bastion, Atom Zombie Smasher, HOARD, etcetera, are creatively outpacing games from the big publishers simply because they can take risks and ... See all stories on this topic » Gamasutra

The Anonymous Eagle Primer, Part 3: Insider Knowledge Anonymous Eagle From here on out, you need to think of your former friend as a zombie. And just as I'm sure that most zombies were pleasant, affable people before they became undead, flesh-devouring monsters, I'm sure that your friend was a nice enough person before ... See all stories on this topic »

Call of Duty: Black Ops – Rezurrection Map Pack Review Digitaltrends.com Four of the five have already been released, they're the four Zombie mode maps from Call of Duty: World at War and its DLC expansions, previously available in Black Ops for those who got the Hardened or Prestige edition of the game: Shi No Numa–"Swamp" ... See all stories on this topic » Digitaltrends.com

PAX Prime 2011: Lollipop Chainsaw Impressions And Gameplay Platform Nation The game places you in the shoes of a chainsaw wielding High School cheerleader (who just finished celebrating her 18 th birthday) who is trying to fight off a zombie apocalypse. Now, I will be the first to admit that zombies are a video game concept ... See all stories on this topic »

Is the undead craze dead? Or will zombies live forever? Tallahassee.com My guess is that students like zombie art because it's good practice to tell the difference between the living and the living dead, which they have to do all day every day." Zombie films, books and video games allow students "to think through fears ... See all stories on this topic »

What are some fun online multiplayer zombie games? - Yahoo! Answers Something like Urban dead would be nice. I've alre… answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...

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Zombie Games News August 26 2011

Dead Island hands-on preview 3News NZ The game is an open world zombie hack n' slash with a combination of gameplay elements that make it quite unique and will easily justify spending a lot of time playing it. The setting is quite unusual for a zombie game. Dead Island takes place on the ... See all stories on this topic » 3News NZ

Why Game Designers Are Better Motivators Than Your Boss Business Insider Many of the social games, the free ones on Facebook or Google+, have many of these dynamics. In Zombie Lane you are encouraged to help your friends fight off their zombies, pick up trash or rubble, fix fences, or revive their withered crops. ... See all stories on this topic »

Steel City Games Fest features Obscure Games Plum Advance Leader Now, in the new version we'll be playing at Steel City Games Fest, there will be a period of time where you cannot kill, you just interact in zombie or faux zombie mode." Not all games at Steel City Games Fest are strategic. "Touché Twister" puts a new ... See all stories on this topic »

Zombie Minesweeper Review 148Apps A good deal of zombie games are nothing more than developers tossing shambling corpses into places they don't belong to make a quick buck, but not Zombie Minesweeper. Zombie Minesweeper does it right; mixing both elements into a kind of hybrid genre ... See all stories on this topic » 148Apps

OMG-Z Review - ZOMG It's Good! The Koalition Another game starring zombies, how exciting(!)†. Yes it’s true, zombies have outstayed their welcome in Videogames for far too long now. So it’s understandable why one may instantly turn their nose up at yet zombie shooter, particularly that ... See all stories on this topic » The Koalition

Black Ops Rezurrection DLC Review Attack of the Fanboy The zombies mode has always been best with friends so it's not a complete deal breaker, and games can be found through a number of different methods. Private matches don't seem to be having the same problems, so inviting recent players is always a ... See all stories on this topic » Attack of the Fanboy

Bytes & Flops 8.25.11: Rock of the Dead/End of Summer Wrap-Up 411mania.com In Typing of the Dead, you had to quickly type out words and phrases in order to kill zombies. In Rock of the Dead, you have to play strings of notes in order to kill zombies. Sounds like a neat idea, right? The game must be awesome, right? ... See all stories on this topic » 411mania.com

Dead Island The List 'They wanted this emotive music which is a contrast to the gruesome brutal visuals, to bring out the tragic reality of zombie attacks to try and make it emotional,' adds Giles Lamb of Savalas, who composed the music. 'Which is quite unusual for a game ... See all stories on this topic » The List

Cheap and Free Games Online: Final Ninja and Mine4Dead Savings.com (blog) It plays like a mashup of Minecraft and Left4Dead, the zombie survival horror game, with character models that bear more than a passing resemblance to LEGO characters. Like I said, you need to have Minecraft on your computer already, but the download ... See all stories on this topic »

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What is it with zombie games? Another one banned | Online Video ... Another zombie shooting game, House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut, has been refused classification in Australia, making it illegal to sell across the country ... www.news.com.au/...is.../story-e6frfrt9-1226121107938

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Zombie Games News August 25 2011

Call Of Duty: Black Ops - Rezurrection review - zombies on the moon Metro For a start it's free to anyone that bought the Hardened and Prestige versions of the game, although if you didn't - or you bought them second-hand - you can also download it for the usual 1200 Microsoft Points. (In either case you also get a desktop ... See all stories on this topic » Metro

Capitalist Ghouls Forbes The game shuffled its way to the top of Inside Network's list of highest-grossing iOS games in the US upon its release in July. Creative freedom may be one explanation for the popularity of zombie games. Current hits in the iTunes App Store include ... See all stories on this topic »

Gamescom 2011: Event Round-Up (Part Two) WhatCulture! A four player co-op shooter, with cartoony visuals and ridiculous over the top action, All Zombies Must Die was a good old fashioned, addictively fun shooter – clearly inspired by the classic 90's game Zombies Ate My Neighbours. ... See all stories on this topic »

Re: Time Travel in Games, Film and Litrature ABC Local Avoid games with large flashing warnings that are sure to obstruct your view! The GTA series has always been about creating your own fun so it's only appropriate that an unofficial multiplayer mode like 'Zombie Car' would eventually be created. ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Local

House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut too violent to be rated Herald Sun Zombie shooter House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut is the latest violent videogame to be banned by the censorship watchdog. Source: Herald Sun AN ultra-violent video game in which players "shoot down mutants in humorous circumstances" has been ... See all stories on this topic »

PAX 2011: Get Zombie-Fied With All Zombies Must Die G4 TV (blog) G4 and doublesix games (makers of upcoming Steam, PSN and Xbox Live game All Zombies Must Die!) are teaming up to make three of you into zombies. No, we're not going to perform arcane Santeria rituals upon you, instead, ace zombie makeup artist Mark ... See all stories on this topic » G4 TV (blog)

Telegraph.co.uk

Epic's August UDK Adds Movie Capture System, Adaptive Tessellation Cinema Blend A few games are in the works for multiple platform releases, and a few spotlighted titles that will become available for the iOS includes QUBE and the very cool looking third-person zombie shooter, Desert Zombie. Other titles released under the UDK ... See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

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MY TOP 10 ZOMBIE GAMES - YouTube THESE ARE OF MY TOP 10 ZOMBIE GAMES ( THEIR WILL BE UPDATES ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGb2TTpiYvQ

Know any good co-op zombie games? - Steam Users' Forums I've been searching for multiplayer zombie games for a few days now but can't seem to find anything decent. On the other hand the latest source I found was ... forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t...

Zombie Games That Don't Really Have Zombies in Them | Gameolosophy A list of video games that feature enemies that are classified as zombies but aren't really zombies at all. gameolosophy.com/.../zombie-games-that-dont-really-have-zo...

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More Zombie Stuff August 24 2011

Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection OUT NOW! Nomad Recruited for Zombie Labs! Dread Central Rezurrection's stellar payload features the never-before-seen zombie frag-fest Moon, as well as four re-mastered levels from Zombies past, an enhanced Zombies soundtrack and new Moon theme. Moon features outrageous new weapons, futuristic gear and ... See all stories on this topic » Dread Central

World War Z: Guns 'n' poses as US army invades Glasgow Scotsman Yesterday in Glasgow's George Square the march of the zombies came a few steps closer as the director of World War Z filmed a major crash sequence. While today the city centre is expected to witness the mass ranks of the undead, with 700 extras ... See all stories on this topic »

Three new zombie books to chomp on FANGORIA FILMING THE UNDEAD: HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN ZOMBIE MOVIE, ZOMBIES OF THE WORLD: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE UNDEAD and DAYBREAK are the latest books to tap into the zombie zeitgeist. Special make-up FX artist Rod Durick of Zombified Studios in Buffalo, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Undead Walking Again for Charity: Rosendale Zombie Festival Dread Central By Doctor Gash Last week we brought you up to speed on a zombie walk being organized in Hollywood to benefit local under-funded school districts (thanks Governator). This week we go all the way across the country to Rosendale, New York, ... See all stories on this topic » Dread Central

Ottawa Business Journal

Photo Hack Day Part II: Mustaches, Zombies and Happy Mugs (#photohackday) NY Convergence Muchnick later noted, "I also think that zombies are going to be particularly popular this year. I've heard a lot of zombie face swapping." It turned out that a team did create an app involving zombies called Friendpocalypse. ... See all stories on this topic »

Save The Village By Spilling Zombie Blood In Cut The Zombies AppAdvice Cut The Zombies: Highly Addictive! (Free) by Touching Dreams is an arcade game which has you slashing zombies to bits to stop them from invading a nearby village. Be careful though, as villagers themselves can be caught in the foray. ... See all stories on this topic »

Zombie gunslingers at "DEVIL'S CROSSING" FANGORIA First-time writer/director James Ryan Gary began casting his debut feature DEVIL'S CROSSING (subtitled "The Zombie Western") in his home state of North Carolina. He chose the town of Love as the on-the-set location to shoot the movie, making it a very ... See all stories on this topic »

Interview: Craig Gillespie Talks Fright Night, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Shockya.com ShockYa recently had the chance to talk to Gillespie one-on-one about what attracted him to "Fright Night," what he thought about shooting the movie in 3-D, and his next film, the genre mash-up "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Have Some Heavy Metal With Your Moon-Zombies in Call of Duty ... By Kirk Hamilton In space, no one can hear you scr... yeah, you know the drill. No one can hear much of anything actually, except for the groans of endlessly advancing zombies, and the choked coughs of machine gun fire. Kotaku

Zombies Born of Government Spending by Bill Bonner Zombie, zombie in the night. Making cities burn so bright. What immortal hand could frame. Thy fearful symmetry? Yes, dear reader, the mobs are getting ... www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner498.html

World War Z Zombies Revealed - MovieWeb.com Creepy cadavers appear on Marc Forster's Glasgow set of Max Brooks' popular zombie survival novel. www.movieweb.com/news/world-war-z-zombies-revealed

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Zombie Games News August 24 2011

What is it with zombie games? Another one banned Herald Sun Picture: SEGA Source: Supplied Another zombie shooting game, House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut, has been refused classification in Australia, making it illegal to sell across the country and illegal to own in Western Australia. ... See all stories on this topic »

Preview: Dead Island for PS3 Stuff.co.nz Dead Island may be unfairly compared to other zombie survival games but a heavy focus on melee combat, the ability for players to build characters however they please means there is a depth here not seen before. Set for a September release this open ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

CYBERAGENT INC : CyberAgent's 'Zombie Restaurant' Ranked In TOP 10 FREE GAMES ... 4-traders (press release) 'Zombie Restaurant' is currently available on Apple Inc.'s 'App Store' in English and Japanese. 'Zombie Restaurant' is a restaurant management game where players must feed zombies to prevent them from overtaking the town. The games ranked in the top10 ... See all stories on this topic »

There are more dead to block in this Dead Block DLC map pack Joystiq The same goes for themed video games, apparently, as a new map pack adding four new levels to Candygun Games' zombie-defense title Dead Block is currently available for download on Xbox Live Arcade. 240 MS Points ($3) will grant players access to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Monkey Land Review 148Apps Monkeys are about as popular as zombies these days, huh? Heck there are even more than a few zombie monkey (monkey zombie?) games out there. Now all bets are off as giant monkeys (the player-controlled Mokoko) face off against vampire monkeys (the ... See all stories on this topic » 148Apps

Releases: Deus Ex, Street Fighter, Black Ops Rezurrection So Hood Rezurrection hurls players into orbit with Moon, the climax of the Call of Duty Zombies saga and the first in the series to drop zombie-slaying into low-G lunar battlegrounds. With new outrageous weapons, high-tech gear, and a bloodthirsty undead ... See all stories on this topic » So Hood

Opinion: Tips From A Combat Designer - Defining The Gap Gamasutra One of my favorite games, Resident Evil 4, is the king of this. Years of zombie games had us RIPE for that game. See a zombie, shoot the head. That's just how it works … or so we thought. They didn't just crack open a gap, no, they exploded it open; ... See all stories on this topic » Gamasutra

Second Annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards Finalists Revealed ... PR Newswire (press release) ... locations into a mobile social game, NimbleBit's Pocket Frogs, a free-to-play mobile game integrating ingenious breeding mechanics, EA2D's Dragon Age Legends, a viable core social game built out of a AAA property, Digital Chocolate's Zombie Lane, ... See all stories on this topic »

Frima Attending PAX With Three New Games TheSixthAxis In the past Frima has worked on numerous social and mobile games, also having developed PSP Minis including Young Thor and Zombie Tycoon. The studio's support for PlayStation is set to continue with Lights, Camera, Party! which Frima claims is the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Zombie Games News for August 23 2011

Review: Dead Block (360/PS3) GamePro.com But at some point the zombie craze has to slow down, right? Not quite yet. Especially when it seems that developers are finally starting to hit their stride when it comes to torturing the undead. Take Candygun Games' new downloadable title, Dead Block, ... See all stories on this topic »

Zombie MMO 'Class3' Raises Visual Standard On XBLA Gaming Union Despite being in the early development stages, the game is looking rather spectacular for an arcade title. Class3 is a survival horror game which sees players take on the role of one of the few human survivors of a zombie apocalypse. ... See all stories on this topic » Gaming Union

Not So Massively: Diablo III's Inferno mode and million-dollar tournaments Joystiq Zombie plans to unveil the game with a full trailer next week at PAX Prime and has released the short pre-PAX trailer below to show off the game's impressive graphics. With season one of League of Legends' PvP scene coming to a close, Riot Games ... See all stories on this topic »

Under The Microscope: Fragility Piki Geek In Left 4 Dead 2, if you shoot a zombie in the lung you can damn well expect them to go down, and getting shot in the foot isn't something they're going to walk off. This can give us an insight into something many games almost comedically refuse to do ... See all stories on this topic »

Square Enix Locked and Loaded for PAX Prime Game Revolution Dead Island and Deux Ex: Human Revolution will most likely take top billing at Square's booth this year, with both games lined up for release within the next month. Take Deep Silver's zombie-slashing action title for a spin ahead of its September 6th ... See all stories on this topic »

Gamescom 2011: Lollipop Chainsaw – preview The Guardian (blog) Lollipop Chainsaw could well be another generic third-person slasher – and lord knows, we've seen enough zombie games recently. However, it seems as though there are multiple routes to take through the school (indicated by great big arrows shakily ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

PS3/X360/PC Preview - 'Dead Island' WorthPlaying.com 22, 2011 @ 12:00 am PDT Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of a couple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Game Blender #8 - PS3 price cut, Japan kills Xbox 360, PS3-only AC Beta GameDynamo Another week another body of news has been attacked, bitten, turned zombie, and joined the hordes of undead thronging the Earth… journalistically speaking. On with the show! The good folks at Sony have chosen to drop the price on their latest system ... See all stories on this topic » GameDynamo

Forecast: Xbox 360 Releases for the Week of August 21, 2011 Planet Xbox 360 Call of Duty Rezurrection (Activision, August 23)- The fourth -- and perhaps final -- Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops arrives this Tuesday, with five zombie-exclusive maps to run through, including a special Moon one. Yes, you can kill zombies on ... See all stories on this topic »

Sledgehammer: Spec Ops Mode is a Bridge to Modern Warfare 3's Multiplayer Escapist Magazine ... zombie mode - was a great training ground for multiplayer, as it took place on the same maps. In addition, Spec Ops would allow players to rank and try out new perks and weapons as they level up, completely separate from the game's multiplayer. ... See all stories on this topic »

Plants vs. Zombies: Design-a-Zombie Contest - Games.com Blog By Alexander Armero Folks, if you love Plants vs. Zombies, you're in luck. This week we're giving our fans the chance to win some seriously awesome Plants vs. Zombies swag. Games.com The Blog. CityVille,...

What are some good zombie games and survival games? - Yahoo! Answers Yea for the x-box360 like survival games like get … answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...

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Room for another zombie/ninja game? - Touch Arcade Room for another zombie/ninja game? iPhone and iPod Touch Developers. forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?threadid=104226

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