Zombie games are to today’s gamers what World War II titles were before the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – you just couldn’t escape them. Now, with a zombie TV show in the form of AMC’s the Walking Dead, and a huge multi-million dollar Brad Pitt film in works, World War Z, the great zombie renaissance of the 2010′s seems to be spreading throughout the expanses of all our media. With the Day Z mod, gamers could add open-world zombie-game to the list and now even that has company…
Undead Labs (appropriately named) has officially announced State of Decay after two years of development. Unlike traditional zombie inspired games, Stay of Decay won’t focus on heavy shooter action or horror but instead present players with a large open world experience overrun by the undead where players will have to use their wits to survive:
“The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents. The open, sandbox world develops in real-time, shaped by your actions, dynamically generating content based on your choices and the ever-increasing zombie threat.”
There is no release date for State of Decay as of yet. It is slated to be released on Xbox 360, Xbox Arcade and PC.
Stay tuned to OWNT for more information in the future.
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