Dead Island Trailer is Epic

This game is the newest Zombie saga to be announced this year. Reports from other sites say they caught wind of it a few years back but then nothing for a long time until this fantastic trailer. When something as awesome as this trailer is put in front of me I am instantly driven to know more about it. I will read more and more until my eyes bleed. With that in mind I will just say that while this trailer is not actual in-game footage it certainly earns a spot on two lists. 1) It is in my top 5 games for this year 2) Probably the best game trailer I have EVER seen.

I did the research for ya, but I won't be long winded about it. Instead I will mention that this game is essentially a mash up of elements from the best games out there now. It will have the 4 player drop-in/drop-out Co-Op and some special infected like Left 4 Dead. It will have the melee weapon customization of Dead Rising 2. Lastly it will throw in a helping of RPG-like elements like Fallout 3. While I go watch the trailer again and then once more in forward mode, here are some links to previews of Dead Island.

Dead Island Previews - Link Link2 Link3

Beegzz out.

Zombie News No. 24 + Name Suggestion Box

I bet the inventor of the Successories brand never thought that his idea of putting a great picture on top of a word that describes it, and then putting a little quip underneath the whole thing explaining why he chose that word, would ever take off like it did. Wonder what happened to that dude? Besides getting rich? The pic to the left here is what I always envisioned my basement looking like. I definitely have more work to do in that area!
So I have something for all my readers to ponder over. My blog is called Game Zombie and I honestly had no idea about the other Game Zombie sites out there. Go ahead and google it and you will see what I mean. There is even a facebook page for some other site that is run by a guy in PA. I love that people think Game Zombie is a cool name, but I value originality. So here is what I want you all to help me with. I don't like to follow the crowd and Game Zombie is a great description for this site, but now that I see these others out there I have to ask what other name could I use? Leave your suggestions in the comments below and in 2 weeks I will take your suggestions and a few my own and we will all vote on it. On to the news!

Game News

The Red Dead Redemption patch is live. Dtoid reports. Of all the bugs they fixed I would have left this one: Occasionally, the player would not recover from being drunk.

Batman Arkham City officially announced! This has been big news lately as most critics gave the first game high marks. I just beat it (late show) and I will have a mini-review up this weekend. I like the image on the cover of GI. With Catwoman being pictured here it has got the Co-Optimus guys nerding out on the premise that co-op could be in this next installment. 


Ever hear of a game called Monday Night Combat? Well its a very well put together TF2-type game where you will have several classes to choose from to take into an arena for battle against another team. I think it shows alot of promise and being a downloadable game $15 it has a ton of replay value in it. Here is a great walk-through from the developers as they go through the game and show you that its all about a piece of bacon doing high-five with a shotgun shell. 





Remember how many records Modern Warfare 2 broke last year? Yeah well Activision is saying this year's Call of Duty: Black Ops is on pace to smash that record. IGN reports.  I am pumped up to play the game, but if it ends up being another glitchy multi-player mess I will be back on the boycott bus. I can already see the map-packs for this one costing $20. Oh and by the way, Wii owners will get their wiimote hands on this one too.

Codemasters announces yet another Operation Flashpoint game. This one is called Red River. According to the Dtoid report, this one is gonna have 4 player drop-in drop-out co-op with better AI all around. I was a huge fan of the original on PC, but mediocre showings afterwards have kept me from going back. This looks to be going down the co-op road like Ghost Recon is and that could be a good thing. Will keep an eye on this as it gets closer to a 2011  release date. 


Cool Stuff

Dtoid had a link to this guys site that did some web-comics on Red Dead Redemption that, provided you played the game before, are just downright hilarious. If haven't played RDR it's still funny, but not as much. I highly recommend you check it out. I went through all of them that have been done so far.

Remember the funny looking heads you could slam on a zombie's head in Dead Rising? I found out today its called a Servbot head! Even better news is that Capcom is selling some! No not the ones you can wear, which would be cool to use as a prank on someone, but as a bobble-head! Dtoid has the scoop along with this pic. 




Lastly, something to do with zombies (imagine that). I found a fellow blogger site and very talented artist named Rob Sacchetto who creates rather detailed and instantly mesmerizing zombie portraits of Hollywood celebrities. This one below is a disturbing version of Tiger Woods. Brilliant I say. Check out his site and pay your respects to a fellow zombie lover. Till next time!

Top Gun for PS3? "That's right...I am dangerous."

Well shake my nerves and rattle my brain! That old classic from our youth Top Gun is coming to a PS3 near you. When you say? In two weeks! Aug 17th it will be released on PSN for download by all of us 30-something gamers who fondly remember Maverick, Goose, Iceman, and Slider. A great flick still to this day. 

Top Gun will have a single player campaign which is, get this, written by original screenplay writer Jack Epps Jr. (Cool and sad at the same time.) An online multi-player is also going to be available with up to 16 players and perhaps most importantly and certainly an absolute must have for this game is the licensed song "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins.

Creepy Trailer - Alice: Madness Returns

Thanks Keith!

See more Alice: Madness Returns Videos at Alice: Madness Returns Official Site.

Gears of War 3 Announcement - April 2011

Cliff made it official last night on Jimmy Fallon's show. Gears of War 3 is in development, and is slated for a April 2011 release. Gamers rejoice!! Finally we will be able to see what kind of ending series heroes Marcus and Dom will endure. The April release for this game is interesting to me. It seems to follow a recent trend for big name titles being released during spring versus the traditional onslaught of stellar holiday titles. I think publishers are starting to realize that gamers will buy at any point in the year and that competition is stiff during the last half of the year, which translates to potentially fewer sales numbers. In any case, this is a great series and having played through both titles I am eager to see where this train stops. Knowing Cliffy B, it will be one hell of a ride. I hope the difficulty is ramped up a bit because Gears 2 was a breeze for me and my bud. Ok so the big release has a big trailer to accompany it right? Hell yes it does.


I particularly took note of two things in the trailer, 1) Dom has a fantastic beard and 2) A female solider (Anaya?) hands Dom a rifle. Does that mean my wife can play co-op as a female COG soldier now? Here's hoping. Below are a few links to gaming sites with more info on the release. Enjoy.

Gears of War 3 - IGN, Gamespot, Destructoid
***UPDATE****
Dtoid reported via Cliffy B's twitter that 4 player co-op will be in the Gears 3 campaign. Boo-yah!

Portal 2 is coming!!

Portal was an awesome game. I fondly whistle the 'Still Alive' tune once in awhile. It's just one of those games that always be a part of my gaming psyche. Valve in all of their wisdom and in legendary style made it official that Portal 2 is in development and Game Informer has all of the details in their upcoming issue. I will post particulars once I get my issue. The cake is moist people!!!

For you Worms Lovers

I know Valentines day has come and gone but here is something for all you Worms lovers. For those of you scratching your head, its an old-school 2D turn-based strategy game. Not the worms you see in your dog's crap after you feed it leftover hotdogs.

-Source Destructoid

According to Team 17's Martyn Brown, a brand new Worms game is coming to Steam, and the best part is that it'll be a real one, not one of those 3D abominations that I hate because I'm scared of new things. The murderous Oligochaeta are returning in a new game called Worms Reloaded.

I love playing Worms. It's one of those quirky games you don't think would be very addicting but it is and its a blast playing with a friend next to you and few beers. I am guessing that the team is going back to their roots and making a new 2D game versus the 3D crap that has come out.

Ubisoft Announces Ghost Recon: Future Soldier today on Xbox Live

Ok ZoMbiEs listen up! Ubisoft made it official (sooner than I thought) with their big announcement coming at 5am EST this morning on Xbox Live: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is coming at the end of 2010! The world premiere teaser trailer is up on Xbox Live now for all to see. Details on the game are not readily available but according to IGN the same studio who did GRAW and GRAW2 will be taking the helm. Also, a multiplayer beta will be released this summer to owners of Splinter Cell: Conviction (4/13). Now that is a great marketing idea! GRAW has a fanatical following. The beta access alone will sell thousands of copies of SCC. I already planned on buying it so as Wayne and Garth would say "Party on!"

** Updated** New Ghost Recon Skull logo! Sweet!

Dead Space 2 Update

Gotta love games with the word 'Dead' in the title. The original Dead Space was a survival-horror epic and struck a good chord with critics and gamers alike.
The sequel is taking a more survival-action approach and Visceral Games is even saying that the intensity will be similar to Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted. I gotta tell ya, this title has my interest piqued. I never played the first Dead Space and kinda wrote it off to be honest. I did follow the reviews and imagery that was released and thought "Its probably pretty decent." Why didn't I pick up a copy? Probably because I was too busy playing something else and just forgot about it. As a gAmE ZoMbiE I should be ashamed. It's not often that I miss a game with extreme gore and a horror theme. If I find some time I may just pick up a copy in a bargain bin somewhere. Dead Space 2 is slated for a Q1 2011 release. -source IGN

Horror co-op online FPS game "The Grinder" coming to PS3, X360, and PC

Us gAmE ZoMbiEs take extreme pleasure in fragging virtual enemies, be it dead or undead, and the currently in development horror-FPS The Grinder is one we will most certainly have to keep an eye on. Originally a Wii only title, developer High Voltage Softare announced recently that the title will release for PlayStation 3, Xbox360, and PC as well. Not much is known about the game except that it is 4-player online co-op and that its apparently got a lot of monsters in it. Can anyone say Left 4 Dead 2? I wasn't sure if anyone would try and cash in on the 4-player co-op survival genre that Valve has cornered with its fantastic Zombie filled titles, but it appears that formula is getting its first shot with another developer. The premise of 'hunting' monsters seems cool but time will tell. Here is the official trailer. Spooky!