Zombie Driver will be released in approximately 2 hours from this post. You can get it on Steam right now for only $8.99. I’m hoping this game is better than some of the more recent zombie game experiences we’ve had lately. Expect a full review this weekend.
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Zombie Driver Out Today
Friday, December 4th, 2009Left 4 Dead 2: 25% Off! Today Only!
Friday, November 27th, 2009Steam is offering a discount on Left 4 Dead 2. This offer is valid for today only. If you haven’t done it already, grab yourself a copy of Valve latest award winning game and save yourself $12.50 USD!
Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse, Free!
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009There is currently an offer to get Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse free. Just go to the link above, add the game to your cart, and use the coupon code: ASPYRTHANKS. This will reduce the price to $0.00. You can then check out and get a download link and serial number.
Rebel Without a Pulse
From the Executive Producer of Halo, comes Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse. You play as Stubbs, an undead antihero who takes on a futuristic city using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. This third-person action game uses the Halo engine and integrates tongue-in-cheek humor and a strong storyline with innovative combat.
In death, Stubbs has finally achieved the success and power he never had in life – and he sees no reason to stop until all of Punchbowl, Pennyslvania is his. Of course, billionaire playboy industrialist Andrew Monday has other ideas. The tension mounts until the city explodes in a full-scale human vs. zombie war.
Features:
- Be the Zombie in an epic battle between the living and the dead.
- Take over Punchbowl, an immersive, futuristic city built with the Halo engine.
- Convert bitter enemies into a horde of zombie allies by eating their brains.
- Use your body as a weapon: explosive gut grenades, toxic zombie sputum, a severed hand that can crawl through tight spaces and possess the living, and unholy flatulence.
- Possess unsuspecting humans and use their weapons against their friends.
- Use zombie strength to smash down doors and maul any human who gets in your way.
- Original soundtrack features 13 songs from various artists including, Ben Kweller, Death Cab for Cutie, Cake, The Walkmen, Phantom Planet and more!
Fort Zombie Why You Shouldnt Waste Your Money
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009If you’ve paid attention to Undeadgames for the past couple of months I have been trying to pump Fort Zombie up. They even gave us exculsive screenshots of the game to post here. But what has happened after release has me appaled and has made me think twice about buying any game with the Kerberos name on it (Although Cataclysm’s still alright).
I bought the game and had a ridiculous number of problems. In fact I havent played it since the first day because it was so bad. Apparently MANY people if not all have had horrible issues with the game since release you can see that on their forums here. Many people have posted legitimate issues and have had very rude remarks back from the developer such as
This time we put in the fancy lighting and shadows and suddenly we are system requirement nazis…”
I have more examples with screenshots of course but theres no use in going through them all, just visit the forums and you can see for yourself.
Here are the facts
The game is horribly laggy on most systems, and many of those running top of the line hardware, Im in fact running a 4870 and the performance is horrible.
The AI is the worst I’ve seen in any “commercial game” comes close to Paintbrawler.
The zombies look absolutely terrible.
I was holding back because I thought the game had “potential” but honestly I don’t pay for potential. I don’t buy a bunch of flower when I want a sandwich because it has the “potential” to become bread. I want what I pay for and this certainly is not worth $10. Many IPhone apps are better than this and sell for less.
Apparently the devs think zombie fans are fools and are willing to just blow $10 and get a very subpar incomplete bug fest. I for one will not be buying from Kerberos ever again, more so for the unprofessional comments I have seen on their forums. I am looking forward to seeing the major sites and magazines agree with the users about how bad this game really is.
Bottom line save your money.
Fort Zombie Initial Impressions.
Friday, October 30th, 2009I bought the game today from gamersgate for $9.99 and was pretty excited to play. I installed the game and attempted to play it and it would immediately crash, no big deal figured it was a common issue so I checked the forums and saw that I had to get the new XNA framework.
Technical
So I get the game running, and crank everything up, I mean I can handle Crysis maxed out, and any Source engine game, so why would this game tax my system? I was mistaken. Initially the game ran fine outside there was a stutter in the beginning which is forgivable I understand alot of games load resources on the fly. The rest of the portion getting to my base ran fine. I really started to experience problems once I went inside other buildings on my first mission. This made the game pretty much unplayable for me.
Gameplay
First thing I tried to do was rebind my keys… well you can’t rebind your keys, so I was stuck using WASD which I know is the norm, but Im an old school arrow/numpad kind of guy.
So I continued on to making my character. The game has many skills to choose from which makes customizing your characters abilities fun, although it would of been cool to customize your actual character. Maybe that will come at a later date its not a show stopper by any means. I finished up my character which was a soldier, with an added first aid bonus. I then set out to find my base. I saw my first group of zombies which ran at me, I hurriedly ran past them and assumed the whole group was chasing me so I decided to wait before looking back. Once i did look back however none were behind me.. was a bit of a bummer. As I continued on my way I noticed the zombies get stuck REALLY easily. They take a straight path towards you, the developers seemed to have really skimped on AI. So when they began to chase me I would just position a light pole, box, ect. in between our paths and not have to worry about that zombie any more.
Finally I made it to my base and cleared out the 2 zombies and found a tactical shotgun. I give the makers credit for actually showing all of your equipment on your character, something a lot of games do not do. I really like the inventory system as well, its pretty close to the system that STALKER and Diablo use, im partial to these systems. I then ended my day and on the next day took on my first mission to find more weapons. I ended up in a firehouse where the zombies would just be stuck at the top of the stairs on a railing. (I could also see zombies trying to get me from outside by clipping the back wall thus verifying to me the zombies just take a straight path towards the character) I couldn’t shoot them either even though the railing was only waist high. This also really showed the cameras shortcomings. It was extremely hard for me to aim when next to a wall, my character had the tendency to look the other way. This is where I quit however, the game was stuttering to a point of unplayability. When I hit escape however the game was instantly smooth. So I believe it might have something to do with the AI.
Also there is no multiplayer. This game I think would of gone a lot further with the zombie community if it had even 2 player coop included.
Sound
Zombie sounds are there, weapon sounds are there, but there are some things missing like footsteps, and reloading sounds. Minor issues but its weird watching your guy load a shotgun but yet hearing nothing click.
Graphics
The game looks decent overall. The buildings and streets are nice, and the main character is modeled nicely, you can tell alot of time was spent on the main character. The zombies however didn’t look so good. Textures and models were very bland, although there is a great variety in zombie types.
Final Thoughts
Its nice to get another zombie game especially for $10, but it would of been even nicer to get a more optimized complete one. I think the developers rushed this one out the door much too fast in order to capatilize on Halloween. Without multiplayer and the major optimization issues I wont be playing this much right now. Once the first patch or two are released however I will definitly come back and give this another go. If you are looking for a zombie game with a bit more depth than the current ones out there I suggest this title, but I suggest waiting for at least the first patch to be released. If this game ran perfect had some better AI and a better camera I wouldn’t of had a problem paying $30-$40 for this game.
Im going to with hold an actual “score” right now and try to play it some more and wait for at least the first patch. I know Im not painting a pretty picture at all for Fort Zombie but I really WANT to like it, and I see it has huge potential for being great. Its just going to take at least a patch or two.
Fort Zombie Released! Only $9.99
Friday, October 30th, 2009ITS OUT! AND CHEAP! Check out the news release below.
New York, October 30, 2009 – Assemble your party from the survivors you can find. Equip them and send them out to find weapons, ammo and food, to help with the survival effort. Seek out military and emergency vehicles, the best sources for hardware and vital ammunition. Select from an assortment of handguns, shotguns, rifles and assault-weapons or pick-up an ever reliable fire-axe. Then shoot, swing and bash your way through an endless sea of undead.
This Halloween, internationally recognized developers Kerberos Productions offer up a chance to kill zombies and time with the release of lite RPG/action title Fort Zombie.
Communicated through a gap in a boarded-up window of their fortified Vancouver studio, the devs at Kerberos Productions had this to say: “Every time we blew the arm off a zombie bowler or whacked an undead business man with a shovel, we regretted that we could only talk about it with the zombie fans and gamers on our messageboards. After months of holding back these ghouls by ourselves, we’re thrilled that gamers finally get to aim-for-the-head themselves and we look forward to welcoming more zombie survivors to our boards over the coming weeks!”
Fort Zombie is available for purchase exclusively through all major digital distribution channels for the hauntingly low suggested retail price of $9.99 and €9.99. Join the discussion on: http://www.kerberos-productions.com/forum or follow @FortZombie on Twitter.
The End is Near.
Fort Zombie being released this Halloween
Monday, October 26th, 2009
New York, October 26, 2009 - From an apocalyptic world full of undead, Kerberos Studios prepare for a weekend of horror as lite action/RPG title – FORT ZOMBIE is confirmed for a Halloween release.
Though the screams have died down and the immediate terror may have past, the sea of undead lurch forever forwards. Closer and closer they come. Make ready! For it is time to make a break from your latest hiding place. Grab whatever weapons you can find. Run and fight through the mass of undead. Make your way towards the last place of safety on Earth. Seek out precious caches of weapons, food and fuel, while rounding up the few people that remain. Rally them into a unit and begin the fight of your life.
Check out the brand new in-game trailer released here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGX2dZrfan0
Fort Zombie will be available on October 30, for purchase exclusively through all major digital distribution channels for the hauntingly low suggested retail price of $9.99 and €9.99. For more information, please visit: www.fortzombie.com or follow @FortZombie on Twitter
The End is Near.
Exclusive Screenshots for Undeadgames from the upcoming Fort Zombie!
Sunday, September 20th, 2009Paradox Interactive emailed Undeadgames some exclusive screen shots for the upcoming zombie game Fort Zombie. Them taking the time to do this pretty much ensures I will try to cover everything Fort Zombie, and when its released be sure to hang around for the contest when we give away free copies 
. If you are unfamiliar with the game read the article Yutt posted here
On to the images.
Fort Zombie Zombie Soldier
Image of a town in Fort Zombie
Imagine the Gov Rebate program once zombies attack!
Night shot of the delearship
Knight of the Living Dead
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Check out this new FREE game by pistachioproductions.com called Knight of the Living Dead. Its like a mix between Zombie Rampage, and Boxhead, with a touch of Nation Red. You can download the game here, also don’t forget to check out these videos,
PAX: L4D2 Dark Carnival Footage
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Valve showed off one of L4D2’s campaigns, Dark Carnival, at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) last weekend.
Several the new assets and features since L4D1 are shown, including the Charger’s attack. We also get to see how terrifyingly effective the Jockey’s attack, which gives him some movement control over a Survivor’s character, can be.
I know the Spitter was added for balance reasons, to help prevent Shiva stacking, but it is hard to tell from footage if it will be useful and fun to play in Versus outside of that very limited role. I also noticed in the second video the Spitter model is completely different than the frightening female model previously shown. I’m not sure if this means there are multiple models available, or if it has been changed.
