Dead Island 2’s latest expansion, SoLA, is now available on all platforms. It launched yesterday to a positive reception, expanding the world established by the super-popular open-world zombie game in April 2023. In the latest expansion, players are introduced to two new zombie ‘archetypes’ that are nothing short of grisly and somewhat disturbing. Well, That’s Creepy SoLA is a substantia...[Read More]
Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die,” a star-studded zombie film that finds Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny, Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton facing off against a horde of the undead, is set to kick off the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, Variety has learned.The movie, Jarmusch’s third with indie studio Focus Features, unfolds in the peaceful town of Centerville, which suddenly finds itself under attack by...[Read More]
One of the best horror movies of all time, George A. Romero‘s masterpiece Dawn of the Dead is returning to theaters for the film’s 45th anniversary, we’ve learned this week.The iconic zombie classic will be celebrating its 45th anniversary by coming to theaters, drive-ins, and even malls across the U.S. and Canada starting on April 12, 2024, including iconic spots like the Monroeville Mall in Penn...[Read More]
Coming about five months after the December 2023 release of "Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire," "Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver" returns to the moon Veldt. In "A Child of Fire," the rebel leader Kora (Sofia Boutella) and her band of fighters seemingly thwarted the plans of the brutal, militaristic regime from the Motherworld to take over the crop of the moon, which is located in the ou...[Read More]
My conversation with Dan Evans-Lawes, tech art director for Dead Island 2 over at Dambuster Studios, almost gets off on the wrong sawn-off foot. "We did, at one point, have the idea of being able to freeze zombies – so you can get zombies wet and then [do a] liquid nitrogen type thing. I don't know if you've seen the best Friday the 13th film, Jason X?"I hold myself back from arguing the case for ...[Read More]
Home»Features»Civil War: How Alex Garland’s Dystopian Thriller Updates The Hollywood Zombie Movie»This column was originally published as part of our newsletter The Daily Show on April 17, 2024. Subscribe here. (We're awesome about not spamming your inbox!) Alex Garland’s Civil War is essentially a dystopian zombie movie stripped of its metaphors. What’s left are the physical building blocks of th...[Read More]
In a crowded field of zombie shooters, Zombie Army VR believes it can make a lasting impression. Read on for our full interview:Developed by Rebellion, Zombie Army VR closely follows last November's launch of Sniper Elite VR: Winter Warrior. Featuring online two-player co-op, this campaign sees you reprising the role of a Deadhunter as you fend off undead Nazis. Rebellion provided UploadVR with ex...[Read More]
Posted in: Games, Iceberg Interactive, Indie Games, Video Games | Tagged: Dead Season, Snail Bite, zombiesIceberg Interactive has a new zombie game on the way called Dead Season, as you'll take on the undead in turn-based tactics combat.Article Summary Indie developers Snail Bite and Iceberg Interactive announce Dead Season, a turn-based zombie tactics game. Survive a zombie apocalypse in 2024 by ...[Read More]
Japanese comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi has been set as the director of “Among the Dead,” the first project flowing from the co-production and co-financing venture between U.S.-based People of Culture Studios and Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo.The previously-announced project is an English-language, found footage zombie movie in which, following an apocalypse of the undead, one emotionally unstable man aband...[Read More]
The closest I've ever been to getting scared in a Star Wars game was probably wandering around the Haunted Hovel in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, but even then, the creepiest thing to happen was a quick sighting of the strange C-P30 doppelganger Nobot. Star Wars has never stuck out as the sort of franchise that is particularly scary but, after playing a short demo for Deathtroopers on itch.i...[Read More]
The closest I've ever been to getting scared in a Star Wars game was probably wandering around the Haunted Hovel in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, but even then, the creepiest thing to happen was a quick sighting of the strange C-P30 doppelganger Nobot. Star Wars has never stuck out as the sort of franchise that is particularly scary but, after playing a short demo for Deathtroopers on itch.i...[Read More]
This image released by AMC shows Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes from “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.” (Gene Page/AMC via AP) .sno-story-photo-area { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .sno-story-photo-area img { object-fit: contain; } .sno-story-photo-area .sno-story-photo-image-area { height: unset; max-...[Read More]