Konami have announced Zombie Apocalypse 2 at E3. I didn’t even know there was a Zombie Apocalypse 1…
It’s a squad-based top-down zombie-survival game. Think Left 4 Dead combined with Smash TV.
Full press release and fact sheet after the jump.
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH will use E3 to premiere Zombie Apocalypse 2, an all-action shoot ‘em-up pitting the player against an army of the undead.
Zombie Apocalypse 2 will be released via PlayStation®Network for PlayStation®3 and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for Xbox 360® in Autumn. The game is a direct sequel to 2009’s Zombie Apocalypse, and newcomers Backbone Entertainment has created a stunning against-all-odds blaster, where four new heroes must attempt to survive a zombie uprising. The quartet is stranded on a remote island which is under siege from an army of the dead. Using whatever weapons come to hand, the player must scour the island looking for survivors and eliminating the flesh-eaters in order to create safe zones.
The action is viewed from an elevated position, with the player central to the action. As the undead attack from all directions, the player uses both control sticks to turn and shoot in all directions, with extra items discarded by fortunate survivors instantly added to an inventory. Zombie Apocalypse 2 also introduces a new squad-based mechanism, which allows players to work together. A new class-based system allows users to switch weapons between each other, and also distribute powers and energy to those that need it.
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Developer: Backbone Entertainment
Release Date: Fall 2011
Platform(s): Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network
ESRB: RP (anticipated M)
Genre: Action, Twin Stick Shooter
Players: 1-4 Local and Online
Website: www.konami.com
Brief Game Description:
You thought you escaped the apocalypse on May 22nd… but the next installment of the smash-hit Zombie Apocalypse returns this fall on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network!
Join four new unlikely heroes as they battle their way through hordes of the undead… Zombie Apocalypse 2 (working title) builds on the heart-pounding twin-stick action and tongue-in-cheek humor of the original with even more over-the-top gameplay.
Key Features:
- Band together if you want to live. Brand new squad-based gameplay puts you in full control of all the action – whether you choose to go it alone, or cooperatively with up to 4 players.
- Wield the keys to your survival. Innovative class-based action lets you swap whose weapons and powers will help you survive the night from moment to moment.
- Boom! Headshot! Pwn some zombie noobs with an irreverent send-up to the genre, starring the team that brought you the side-splitting humor of Canada’s own Pure Pwnage.
