WORLD WAR Z
Kicking up a swarm
Zombies, eh? You wait ages for one, and then a thousand shuffle your way at once. In the same month as you’ll be shooting Freakers in Days Gone, this more streamlined approach to the walking dead will arrive. There’s no open world or emotional narrative here, though. It’s just you, three friends, and a whole lot of decaying flesh. While it’s disappointing to discover World War Z’s main campaign mode has been streamlined, and will focus on multiplayer and co-op rather than solo survival, we’re still excited. The main draw is players-versus-players-versus-zombies. While you’re trying to notch up kills against other players, World War Z will be throwing thousands of the undead your way. Having to harness the swarms of zombies that sweep across, up, and over the environment while staying alive and picking off your rival human players makes this unique among online shootouts.
The full list of modes is: Scavenge Raid (compete to secure resources across the map); Vaccine Hunt (pick up and hang onto a rare item); Swarm Deathmatch (defeat another team and survive the zombie throng); Swarm Domination (capture zones to earn points); and King Of The Hill (hold and control a ‘hill’ for points). You won’t be going it alone, but there’s enough multiplayer meat on World War Z’s bones to suggest it won’t be undead on arrival.
“HARNESS SWARMS OF ZOMBIES WHILE PICKING OFF YOUR RIVAL HUMANS.”