Zombies are THE pop-cultural touchstones of our times. There is probably a deep-seated psychological reason for this based upon post-millennial angst, Generation Z nihilism and half a dozen other things, but I for one can't be bothered looking into it. Let's just say that if an actual Zombie Apocalypse were to happen tomorrow, I doubt if there would be any more zombies around than are currently stinking up our screens.

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Zombies are great - that's pretty much a given - but they can be a bit of a downer too, can't they? All that shuffling around and moaning, reminding us of our encroaching mortality and the unavoidable personal apocalypse that awaits us all. etc. etc.

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Valve is spending a lot of money getting everyone ready for Left 4 Dead. How much you might ask? 10 million smackaroos to be exact. As part of that ad campaign, they're airing these TV spots starting Nov. 8. Delicious.

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Seems like we've been about two things lately: zombies, and nudity. Well here's more. The makers of the popular Zombies!!! board game have announced that a video game version is under development for release on Steam, PSN and XBLA sometime in 2009. Twilight Creations, the game's maker, has reached a deal with Big Rooster to create the game. I went looking back through our coverage to see if we'd reported on this, and found at least one commenter who hoped way back in 2007 this would come to XBLA. DJ Christ 2006, your prayers are answered.

Zombies!!! is a tile-based board game in which the object is to escape the growing zombie menace. The board is tile based and lends itself to expansion packs, making the game infinitely customisable and, also, increasing sales of the game and game-related stuff. Twilight Creations says the base set has sold more than 125,000 copies worldwide since it was released in 2001, and more than 300,000 units of Zombies!!!-related stuff altogether.

"Later releases may include the Nintendo DS and Wii systems," the news release says. Maybe they're shooting for the moon, but who knows. The full release is on the jump.

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I spent the better part of yesterday evening in World of Warcraft, turning the entire NPC population of The Crossroads into shambling zombies. As part of the lead-up next month's Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Blizzard unleashed a new plague across Azeroth last night. Strange crates have been showing up in port towns, glowing green and inflicting anyone who touches them with ZOMBIE MADNESS! Actually it's a disease that last 10 minutes, after which you become a zombie, maintaining full control of your character, complete with special zombie powers. From there you can attack pretty much any NPC or player, infecting them as you go. While this of course pisses a ton of people off, they are all jerks who don't know how to have a good time. I don't know how long this event will last, but hopefully forever and ever after. Glee!
Check out the gallery, while your jumping for joy.

Luke described his experience with Dead Rising Wii at TGS as "a complete waste of time." Well, Luke, did you know you weren't playing the final build of the game? Capcom Community Sr. Manager Seth Killian told Nintendo Everything the build everyone has seen so far is old and just a tech demo, and that the final game will have more zombies and other "notable changes."

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Zombies. Can't live with 'em.. and they just can't live. You also can't avoid 'em at the moment. They are the fixed-gear bikes of horror.

Not content with infesting hundreds of video games of their own, the Zombie horde has slowly shuffled onto the back lot of the Gang-related sequel Saints Row 2 for a fully-3D mini game.

Pop into one of the game's many arcades and you should find a Zombie coin-op that uses the main game's 3D engine to pit you (actually, your avatar's avatar, I suppose) against an army of undead brain-chompers, like a Left 4 Dead-lite.

What could be better than this? Two things - first, if Rockstar take up the challenge and implement GTA IV in an in-game console in GTA V. Second, two words — Zombie Busey.

Saints Row 2 Hands-On - Story, Co-op, and Zombies [Gamespot]

Blood, mostly. Here, take a napkin, wipe it off ... These are 19 new screenshots of Left 4 Dead that NeoGAF put up earlier this week. Lots of dismemberment and bloodspatter, but I'm not seeing any mid-spew vomit money shots here. The full gallery is on the jump. NeoGAF has them at higher resolution.

New Left 4 Dead Screens [NeoGAF]

Deep in the bowels of GameTrailers TV's latest episode is a first glimpse, albeit a brief one, of the playable zombies in Left 4 Dead and their vomit spewing, tongue-grabbing hijinks. Slow-loading vid on the jump.

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