One of the more interesting and unique games of E3 has gone gold and will be in stores later this week. Stubbs the Zombie
is a zombie game where you play the zombie. The game was
developed by a few Ex-Bungie developers and is using a heavily modified
version of the Halo engine. I got a chance to play the game at E3
and the game looks like a lot of fun. The demo level at E3 was a
nice tribute to the original Dawn of the Dead movie by George Romero
and I'm looking forward to seeing what they added after the show.
Stubbs the Zombie for Xbox Has Gone Gold
Zombie Mania Hits Punchbowl, PA
Aspyr Media and Wideload Games today announced that the Xbox version of their upcoming Stubbs the Zombie game has gone gold. The game will hit stores in late October at a SRP of $49.99.
In this action-packed, gut-throwing Zombie game, players take on the role of Stubbs the Zombie. Before
his premature death, Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield was just another
traveling salesman trying to get by during the Great Depression. His lifelong losing streak reached its logical conclusion when he was brutally murdered and ignominiously buried in a remote Pennsylvania field. Flash forward to 1959, on opening day of Punchbowl, PA “City of the Future†when Stubbs emerges from his grave and he is HUNGRY…for brains.
In
this game with lots of humorous twists and turns, players control
Stubbs as he lurches through several environments in and around Punchbowl, PA, a
perfect city free of crime and pollution and full of hovercars and
helper-robots. Feed on the brains of the populace, which includes militia men, riot cops, prisoners and much, much more. Once
attacked by Stubbs, they become Stubbs’ minions and help him in his
battles, which erupt everywhere from farms to police stations to the
Punchbowl plaza.
Players can choose to play as Stubbs alone, or grab a friend named Grubbs for multiplayer co-op action. Grubbs
was also once a traveling salesman who, through a series of unfortunate
coincidences, ended up in the same unmarked grave as Stubbs. Heck,
Grubbs even dons a similar suit to Stubbs and sustained the same fatal
stomach injury. To double the brain-eating, arm-throwing, head-bowling, gut-tossing fun, players need to grab a friend and start feasting.
Stubbs has many “organic†(and not so organic) weapons at his disposal to help build his Zombie hordes. These include:
- Conversion -
Death is not the end! When Stubbs kills an enemy, they become one of
his zombie followers. These zombies will attack humans when possible
and attempt to follow Stubbs in his crusade. Building and maintaining a
horde of zombies is crucial to beating the game’s biggest encounters.
- The Hand –
Stubbs can detach his hand, throw it and control the hand as a separate
character. The hand is faster than humans, can go places where Stubbs
can’t fit, is expendable (so it can be sent into certain death), and
can possess human characters.
- Possession - Using his detached arm, Stubbs can possess human characters, giving him access to their weapons, speed, and other abilities.
- Gut Grenade -
Stubbs can throw gut grenades, a ranged area-of-effect weapon. He can
reach into his gut, pull out some viscera and lob it like a grenade to
cause damage and stun opponents.
- Unholy Flatulence
– Stubbs can unleash unholy flatulence, a local, last ditch
area-of-effect attack, which will kill humans in the immediate
vicinity.
- Zombie Strength
– Stubbs’ super-strength allows him to smash through boarded-up doors
and lay waste to the humans cowering behind it with powerful melee
attacks.
- Bowling Heads -- Strike! Stubbs can bowl his head into enemies and strategically detonate it. After the head explodes, it turns anyone in the vicinity into zombies.
More information can be found at www.stubbsthezombie.com. Stubbs will be released this fall for Xbox, PC and Mac.
