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Dead Block Announced

[May 05, 2011, 10:03 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Digital Reality announces Dead Block, calling this a "unique" zombie defense game for Windows, XBLA, and PSN to be released "later this year." The Dead Block Website has images and a trailer, and here's a bit on the Unreal Engine 3 game:

Dead Block focuses on innovative defensive gameplay in which the few remaining survivors, Jack Foster (a construction worker), Foxy Jones (a traffic warden), and Mike Bacon (a perpetually hungry boy scout) have formed an unlikely alliance to protect themselves from the invading undead. Hiding in various shelters around town, they avoid Zombies by building blockades, setting fiendish traps or – as a last resort – using their weapons to fight.

In addition to 10 Single-player levels the game offers up to 4-Player, Split-Screen Multiplayer with an additional 8 Multiplayer co-op levels where players can fight side by side with their friends.

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Re: Dead Block Announced

May 6, 2011, 01:41

NKD

maddog wrote on May 6, 2011, 01:24:
As opposed to what... middle east war shooters, fantasy rpgs, street racing, ww2 strategy games, post apocalyptic shooters. Sci-fi shooters.

About the only thing original is Portal and even valve barfs out a sequel.

Perhaps original is the wrong word. Something not so overused. A good space sim might be nice. Or maybe an old school Baldur's Gate style RPG. Could use a decent successor to the Sim City series that isn't complete garbage. I'd like to see the Shadowrun IP revisited by a good RPG team, or some other kinda cyberpunkish stuff. DX3 is coming, but who knows.

There are a lot of ideas out there that don't involve cashing in on the zombie fad.




If you don't like where gaming is heading, stop giving your money to the people who are taking it in that direction.

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Comment [quote="NKD"May 6, 2011, 01:41][quote="maddog"May 6, 2011, 01:24]As opposed to what... middle east war shooters, fantasy rpgs, street racing, ww2 strategy games, post apocalyptic shooters. Sci-fi shooters. About the only thing original is Portal and even valve barfs out a sequel. [/quote] Perhaps original is the wrong word. Something not so overused. A good space sim might be nice. Or maybe an old school Baldur's Gate style RPG. Could use a decent successor to the Sim City series that isn't complete garbage. I'd like to see the Shadowrun IP revisited by a good RPG team, or some other kinda cyberpunkish stuff. DX3 is coming, but who knows. There are a lot of ideas out there that don't involve cashing in on the zombie fad. [/quote]

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