Oh sweet Zombie Jesus. Rock of the Dead, a new game being developed by Epicenter looks like a glorious mash-up between Typing of the Dead, the beloved Dreamcast typing/zombie shooter and Rock Band. Throw Neil Patrick Harris into the mix and it’s a perfect game already. No, I don’t even need to play it. In my head, right now, it is perfect. *sniff*
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IGN has the scoop on this one. More after the jump.
In honor of Zombieland‘s impressive box office take, how about a little something something about our favorite shambling-undead-slaughtering memories in the virtual world.
Lord knows there are plenty to choose from.
Fresh from Konami, here are some screenshots for Zombie Apocalypse, the latest in a recent rash of undead-related games. In Apocalypse, up to four players can take on waves of shambling braineaters (they really hate it when you call them that, by the way). The goal: “to survive 55 days of battles across seven environments.” Survive and unlock seven additional challenge modes.
I like twin-stick shooters as much as the next guy, and had a ton of fun blasting zombies in Left 4 Dead, but with zombie modes in the most recent Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto games, and a sequel to Dead Rising on the horizon, it’s time to ask how many zombie games is too many zombie games? Konami will no doubt find out when the downloadable Zombie Apocalypse hits Xbox LIVE Arcade and the Playstation Network sometime in Q2.
Looking at the screen shots, their biggest problem might be avoiding complaints that they’re borrowing a bit too much from Left 4 Dead. See what I mean (and read the full press release) after the break.
Continue reading The Genre That Won’t Die: Zombie Apocalypse Coming to XBLA and PSN
I know it had its detractors, but I was–am–a humongous fan of Capcom’s original zombie-multitude-murder epic. The save system was a bastard and led to a couple of frustrating restarts, but the story, gameplay and humor of Dead Rising were all winners in my book.
With the sequel on the horizon, set in a new venue primed for more quirky weapon usage, starring a new dude who’s obviously knows his way around chainsaws, I breathlessly await the opportunity to continue my undead slaying adventures.
Does the Dead Rising franchise float your boat as much as mine?
(Trailer 2 embedded after jump)
I know it’s Friday afternoon and you’re itching to check out mentally for the weekend, but in honor the release of Resident Evil 5, I’m going to put your delicious brains to work. Shamble with me down memory lane to reanimate some of the most pulse-pounding moments in the Resident Evil franchise.