Before I start talking about the best zombie games, can we all agree that zombies are cool? We can? Great. The horror genre is by far one of the most popular out there, and not just in games, but in all forms of media. There’s something about them that pulls people in, whether you’re into slashers, monsters, psychological thrills, supernatural spooks, or some other sub-genre. However, I challenge ...[Read More]
Dave The Diver was developed and published by Mintrocket this year, emerging as a casual but exciting and highly replayable adventure RPG that saw players assume control of… Well, Dave. It boasts ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ reviews on Steam and has become critically acclaimed, so naturally, the developer is creating something else to maintain that momentum. Introduce *checks notes* NAKWON, LAST P...[Read More]
Next month marks 55 years since George Romero blessed the world with Night of the Living Dead, but this month is the 45th anniversary of its spiritual sequel Dawn of the Dead. Night may have been the one to break ground on the redefinition of the zombie, but Dawn takes it to another level with a more insightful look at humanity in a crisis. Night of the Living Dead ended with a bleak but seemingly...[Read More]
In Edgar Wright’s classic sitcom Spaced, there was an episode (Art) where Tim (Simon Pegg) was obsessed with playing Resident Evil 2. He gets so engrossed in it that he cannot tell reality from fiction (the dose of amphetamines probably didn’t help either), and subsequently batters some arty types in his hallucinatory panic. It’s the strongest showing of Wright’s love for a particular zombie movie...[Read More]
Horror fans have long known to avoid the woods of rural Maryland, the home of the Blair Witch, and entire state of Texas, the site of an infamous chainsaw massacre. But if the scary movies set in Philadelphia are any indication, they should also steer clear of Broad Street.Philadelphia has gotten plenty of play in horror thanks to M. Night Shyamalan, the Penn Valley native who consistently films i...[Read More]
Regal Cinemas is bringing Dawn of the Dead back to theaters for one night only on October 27th in celebration of the horror classic’s 45th anniversary.George A. Romero’s 1978 film — a sequel of sorts to his 1968 project Night of the Living Dead — stars David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross as survivors of a zombie outbreak who take refuge in a suburban shopping mall while mass hys...[Read More]
For horror fans, Claudio Simonetti is a household name. First a founding member of rock group Goblin, whose work is synonymous with filmmaker Dario Argento’s genre standard-bearers “Deep Red” and “Suspiria,” a producer and pop artist in his native Italy, and later a lead composer on Argento’s “Tenebre,” Lamberto Bava’s “Demons” and more, Simonetti and his collaborators turned iconoclastic takes on...[Read More]
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Zombies and video games are an eternal pairing, a powerhouse combo of gory storytelling and terrifying possibility that can be used to tell unforgettable stories within the medium. Of course, not every zombie game is a guaranteed hit and there have been more t...[Read More]
Previously known as Project ParadiZe, developer Eko Software has renamed their co-op open-world survival game to Welcome to ParadiZe, and announced a February 29, 2024 release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. Alongside the revamped name and release date, Eko and publisher Nacon have released a “Comeb’hack Trailer” showing off gameplay for Welcome to ParadiZe. Touting a new genre of ...[Read More]
Before he was shut down by Rockstar North, former developer, Obbe Vermeij, revealed that Rockstar was once working on a zombie survival game set on a remote Scottish island. In a now-removed blog post, Vermeij spoke at length about the plan to produce a zombie game using Vice City’s code, which was a concept that reportedly circulated around Rockstar North for around a month back in 2002. U...[Read More]
If you thought the zombie survival trope was dead and buried, think again, because an awesome new upcoming game blends together Fallout with Dead Island to give us the zombie outbreak we’ve all been secretly preparing for.As someone who anticipates that their death would come swiftly during a zombie apocalypse, I tend to stay away from games like this one. However, even I have to admit that Steam’...[Read More]
It's hard to gain the approval of the master, especially when said master defined an entire genre of filmmaking.Take Zack Snyder's 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (currently streaming on Peacock), for example. While many fans consider the James Gunn-written project to be an exemplary take on the 1978 original and Snyder's best movie by far, zombie godfather George A. Romero was only impressed by t...[Read More]