Retro

Japan’s Forgotten Yet Wonderfully Quirky Zombie Games

Let’s face it. With movies ranging from 28 Days Later to Pirates of the Caribbean and TV shows like The Walking Dead, it’s quite clear the world has itself a case of zombie-mania. In the realm of gaming, the Japanese have contributed to this as much as anywhere else with game series like Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and House of the Dead, just to name a few. But these are far from the only Japanese games that feature zombies.


April 18, 2012
Mobile

Zombies, Run! Will Force You To Care About Exercise

I play a lot of video games. But I don’t play a lot of video games that force me to go outside and run around my neighbourhood.


February 14, 2012
News

Active Duty Marine Is Making A Video Game About Zombies

Zombies, man. Everyone loves killing zombies. Marine Sergeant Jacob Way,22, is betting that video game players love killing zombies enough to make room in their libraries for one more zombie-slaying simulator.


January 28, 2012
In Real Life

Red Dead Redemption Voice-Actor Details Cast’s ‘Redneck Zombie Romantic Comedy’ Quasi-Reunion

The cast of Red Dead Redemption are no strangers to rednecks, nor to zombies — Rockstar’s wild-west open world game featured plenty of the former in its original incarnation, and added an invasion of the latter added to the game via downloadable content.


December 31, 2011
Xbox

Voxels And Zombies, Together At Last

Kotaku AU

Ken Silverman was definitely on to something with that voxel stuff. The man was batty about them before they were big and now, everyone’s getting in on the action. The latest is this upcoming Xbox Live Indie Games title called, simply, Block Zombies.


PlayStation

Wipeout 2048 Misses Out On Zombie Mode

For some odd reason Wipeout 2048 lead designer Karl Jones and game director Stuart Tilley decided it was a good idea to explain in detail just how cool the futuristic PlayStation Vita racer was before they scrapped the terror-inducing Zombie secret game mode.


December 1, 2011
Mobile

Tomorrow’s New Call Of Duty Is For The iPhone

Call of Duty: Zombies was a hit on the iPhone, a simplified port of the popular “Nazi Zombies” game from Call of Duty: World at War — players fight to defend a building from increasingly difficult waves of advancing undead. It was a fairly humble iOS first-person shooter, but it had a strong brand behind it, was fun, featured halfway decent FPS touch controls, and even gave players the ability to team up online with up to three friends.


November 11, 2011
In Real Life

Real Bullets To Kill Real Zombies, Get ‘Em Before It’s Too Late

You might think you’re ready for a zombie uprising, but I bet you’re wrong. Sure, you’ve got the survival guides, the canned goods, the power generator, water and concrete slab shelter. But do you have a crate or two of Hornady’s Zombie Max bullets? No? Well then you’re screwed.


October 29, 2011
Mobile

Every Day Is A Struggle To Survive With Zombie Tools

Nuclear apocalypse? Zombie apocalypse? Whichever you think is more likely, the makers of August’s PipClock have you covered with a new suite of iPhone tools sure to come in handy when society completely disintegrates, yet again.


October 18, 2011
In Real Life

Zombie In A Penguin Suit Isn’t What You’re Expecting

Yes, zombies are sometimes overplayed. There are zombie books, zombie snacks, zombie plushies, games and movies.