Zombie games: about the games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 is an action game from Treyarch and Raven Software that, in 2035, drops players into a world ravaged by violent conflict and psychological warfare. David Mason leads an elite team on a covert mission to the sprawling city of Avalon, where they uncover a plot that pulls them into their own haunting pasts. The co-op campaign can be played solo or with a squad, while multiplayer offers 16 6v6 maps and two 20v20 maps, with movement handled by the Omnimovement system. The Round-Based Zombies mode takes place inside the Dark Aether, a vast, ever-shifting hellscape.
Set in Los Angeles, the game follows a deadly virus that spreads through the city and turns its inhabitants into zombies. The main character has been bitten and infected, yet is more than just immune, and must uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who, or what, they really are. The aim is to survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer. The genre is action adventure.
Back 4 Blood is a cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of Left 4 Dead. Players fight the Ridden, once-human hosts of a deadly parasite, either solo or with up to three friends online in a four-player co-op campaign. The roster includes eight customizable Cleaners, plus lethal weapons and items. Competitive multiplayer lets you play as Cleaners or as the Ridden, with friends or against them. A card system creates a different run each time by letting you craft custom decks, while the Game Director adapts to player actions, including mutated bosses up to 20 feet tall.
A first-person action game set in an open world overrun by a mysterious virus epidemic and hordes of the infected. You roam a devastated city, climbing over obstacles to reach rooftops and remote areas, scavenging for supplies and crafting weapons, fighting gory battles in which the environment and various weapon types can be used to your advantage. At sundown the hunter becomes the hunted, and up to four players can join forces to take on the story campaign together.
In 2091, megacorp Horzine has created an obedient army of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Players join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS, fighting waves of zeds alone or with up to five teammates, collecting dosh, unlocking skills and assembling an arsenal that ranges from flamethrowers to katanas. The dangerous hot zones must be kept from spreading the Outbreak, and turrets, fans and other traps can be activated to help. The M.E.A.T. System adds more points of dismemberment and persistent blood.
Killing Floor 2 sends players into continental Europe, overrun by Zeds, murderous clones created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. Players can fight cooperatively in groups of six or solo, and the 12-player VS Survival mode has two teams swapping between Humans and Zeds. Combat sends blood, entrails and severed limbs flying, with weapons ranging from modern assault rifles to brutal improvised tools and off-the-wall ‘Mad Scientist’ weapons. Enemies behave more intelligently and work as a group to weaken the party.
Dead Rising is an action horror game in which you play as photojournalist Frank West, who investigates the zombie outbreak at the Willamette Mall. After fleeing a small suburban town overrun by the undead into the shopping centre, Frank must survive endless waves of enemies by using almost anything from the stores as a weapon. Time keeps running in real time whether or not the player is active, and zombies grow stronger and faster after dark. Photographing the chaos brings rewards, and helping other survivors can reveal what caused the epidemic.
Call of Duty®: Vanguard is an action game developed by Sledgehammer Games that places players in intense WWII combat on a global scale. The single-player campaign spans several fronts, from dogfights over the Pacific and an airdrop over France to defending Stalingrad with a sniper and pushing through advancing forces in North Africa. Multiplayer features over 20 maps, 16 of them built for core Multiplayer, alongside a new Zombies experience developed by Treyarch. The game supports cross-progression and cross-generation play.
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is a first-person shooter in which the player picks a character and, together with three friends, sets out to save the world. The goal is to defeat the Sludge God and its undead horde. A four-player squad can be formed with friends or joined online with other players, and teammates can be revived, share ammo, and cover one another. Against thousands of infected who advance in relentless waves, players use an arsenal of guns, grenades, and special powers. Vehicles can be found across semi-open maps, differing in firepower, special abilities, or practical tools such as winches.
Dead Rising 4 brings photojournalist Frank West back for a new chapter in a well-known zombie series. Players explore an open-world sandbox, scavenge supplies and fight to survive against the horde. The series’ usual hallmarks return with a wide range of weapons and vehicles that can be combined, from the practical to the practically insane, along with additions such as new zombie classes, EXO Suits and a 4-player co-op multiplayer.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that blends a first-person shooter, survival horror and a role-playing game. In a brutal post-apocalyptic setting overrun by the undead, the player fights, crafts and repairs weapons, clothes, tools and vehicles, builds forts with traps and electric power, mines and develops skills. It offers several biomes and worlds up to 100 square kilometres in size, the campaign world of Navezgane and randomly generated worlds with over 700 unique locations. Players can work together or compete against each other.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is an action adventure offering a campaign, multiplayer and a Zombies mode. In the campaign, the player controls Captain Reyes, a pilot turned commander who leads the remaining coalition forces against a relentless, fanatical enemy while battling the extreme environments of space. Multiplayer is built around fluid, momentum-based movement and tactical combat suits called Rigs, each designed for a different playstyle. The Zombies mode takes place in a 1980s amusement park with rides, an arcade and a working roller coaster.