In Real Life

The World War Z Game That Could Have Been

Max Brooks’ World War Z is one of the best books about zombies ever written, using the subject of a zombie apocalypse not as a chance to stage a few cheap scares, but to rewrite the history of the world.


March 20, 2010
In Real Life

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flow Chart

Will you die now or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer.


October 17, 2009

Zombie Apocalypse Micro-Review: Paint The Town Red

Nonstop carnage is on the menu in Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse, which brings games’ undying affinity for the undead to a top-down, multidirectional shooter. Does it also hold the same appeal when it’s one—or four—against a thousand?


October 16, 2009

Reader Review: Zombie Apocalypse

Kotaku AU

Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Daniel does, as he plays Robotron with the undead.


September 22, 2009
News

XBLA This Week: Zombies, Warriors, And Particle Physics

This week in the Xbox Live Arcade the Warriors come out to play; Zombies take over the earth; and Ion Assault ruins a perfectly good intro sentence by being a particle physics shooter.


September 20, 2009
News

Zombie Apocalypse Dated; XBox Live Gets It A Day Early

Konami’s given a release date to its top-down undead blast-o-thon Zombie Apocalypse, and it’s next week! Xbox Live users get the title September 23, or Thursday. PlayStation Network users will see it Friday, September 24.


August 31, 2009
In Real Life

MC Hammer. Zombies. Achievement. That Is All.

MC Hammer once had a house atop a hill off the 680 near Fremont, Calif., and every time I passed it I’d say to myself, “Self, some day I’ll write a Kotaku post about MC Hammer.” That day has come.


June 12, 2009

Zombie Apocalypse Preview: Top Down Left 4 Dead

Haven’t we had enough of zombie games already? No, and really, I can’t seem a time when we will.


April 14, 2009
News

Konami Warns Of Zombie Apocalypse On XBLA, PSN

Konami’s dual-stick arcade-style shooter Zombie Apocalypse will be infecting Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this quarter, the publisher has announced. No, they’re not re-announcing Burn Zombie Burn!, it just sounds like it.