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  • ‘Walking Dead’ Fans Mourn the Loss of a Main Character [SPOILERS]

    Head up–as the title indicates, there are spoilers in this article. If you haven’t watched the Too Far Gone episode yet, bookmark this page and turn back before it’s too late.

    Fans of The Walking Dead have seen a lot of main characters killed off. In fact, former showrunner Glen Mazzara has constantly emphasized the fact that no one is safe. Nothing drove this point home more than seeing Rick’s wife, Lori, die. Despite this, it still came as quite a punch in the stomach when we saw the Governor decapitate Hershel in the mid-series finale that aired on Sunday.

    Remember how a lot of Walking Dead fans cheered when Andrea was finally killed off? Well, Hershel’s death hasn’t quite received the same reception. While it wasn’t a surprise to see people express their shock, grief and outrage right after one of the best characters on the show was killed in such a gruesome manner, it’s now three days later and people are still upset.

    Even though it’s just TV, it’s easy to see how this harrowing image would stick with you:

    TV Line did an interview with the man behind Hershel, Scott Wilson, who says he wouldn’t want to be the man who plays the Governor right now. “I would assume that there will be some kind of audience response to Hershel losing his head. I would not want to be David Morrissey.” Yeah, that sounds about right from the hundreds of Tweets that have been posted blasting the Governor for killing Hershel.

    In case any of you Walking Dead fans are wondering what happened to Hershel’s head after the Governor finished hacking it off his body with Michonne’s katana, Wilson says he has it. “I do have [the head], which is very nice. I have it hidden in my closet,” Wilson said.

    While it’s nice to see Wilson alive and well with his head fully intact, somehow the image of Hershel’s head rolling around in a closet probably won’t help the fans that are still grieving.

    [Image via Twitter]

  • Walking Dead Recap: The Governor vs. Rick [SPOILERS]

    Walking Dead Recap: The Governor vs. Rick [SPOILERS]

    This article contains spoilers from last night’s episode of The Walking Dead. So, if you haven’t watched the latest Walking Dead episodes saved to your DVR, you might want to save this article for later. Otherwise, prepare to find out exactly what went down after we saw the Governor set his sights on Michonne last week.

    To say that chaos ensued in last night’s episode of The Walking Dead–which also served as the mid-series finale–would be putting things lightly. Among other things, this tear-jerking episode saw us lose a fan favorite character and it appears that Rick’s baby, Judith, was eaten by a walker.

    Last week’s episode ended with the Governor aiming his gun at Michonne. Considering their past, it seems pretty safe to assume that he’s going to pull the trigger, right? Wrong. Instead, we find that the Governor decided to take Michonne and Hershel hostage. As he explained his plan to his camp, the Governor makes it clear that he wants to trade Michonne and Hershel for the prison with no bloodshed. The Governor arrives at the prison with his group and has Rick come down and explains the same thing to him.

    Rick tries to talk the Governor into letting their two groups live at the prison peacefully, but the Governor refuses to negotiate. “I have a tank, and I’m letting you walk away from here. What else is there to talk about?” the Governor told Rick.

    Instead of backing down and having everyone pack up, Rick puts his foot down and delivers a speech: “Now you put down your weapons, walk through those gates and you’re one of us,” Rick said. “Everyone’s alive. Everyone’s made it this far. We’ve all done worse kinds of things just to stay alive. We can still come back. We’re not too far gone. I know we all can change.”

    So, how does the Governor respond? After Rick’s promise to let bygones be bygones, he uses Michonne’s katana to slice Hershel’s neck (he later hacks his head off). While a lot of us probably figured Hershel’s number would be up soon, seeing him go out in this manner proved to be a little too much for some fans:

    After the Governor’s girlfriend Lilly shows up with Meghan’s body (she was bitten by a zombie), he tells his group to kill everyone and all hell breaks loose. Some of the group is able to escape on the bus while others stay behind to fight.

    While all of this is going on, we finally get to see the Governor and Rick one-on-one. Rick attacks the Governor and gets in a few good licks, but the Governor is able to get the upper hand and it appears that he is about to end Rick with we see a familiar katana rammed through his chest (fist pump!). Michonne is on the other end of that katana, of course. She leaves the Governor gasping for breath, and Lilly eventually steps up and finishes him off with a bullet to the head.

    The fans weighed in on the Governor’s death on Twitter:

    Rick and Carl hook up at the end in yet another emotional moment and as they try to find the baby, they spot her car seat. Unfortunately, Judith isn’t inside and the seat is stained with blood. Rick and Carl seem to assume the worst–that she is dead. It’s possible that someone else that was injured got Judith out, since the harness on her car seat that previously held her in place was unbuckled, something a zombie likely wouldn’t be capable of doing.

    With the group split up and the prison destroyed, there’s no telling what will happen now, and we will have to wait until February 9, 2014 to find out.

    What were your thoughts on last night’s episode? Add your comments below.

    [Image via Twitter]

  • ‘Walking Dead’: Will the Governor Do It? [SPOILER]

    ‘Walking Dead’: Will the Governor Do It? [SPOILER]

    If you’re not caught up on The Walking Dead yet, you might want to bookmark this page for later. Seriously. Spoilers (as the title indicates) are about to happen.

    Now that the obligatory warning is out of the way, how about last night’s episode of The Walking Dead? This episode, like the one from the previous week, focused on the Governor. Last week we saw the Governor go from near death to what seemed to be redemption as he helped another family out and decided to stick with them. Those who figured that the good boy side of the Governor wouldn’t last wrong were quickly proven right last night.

    Just about everyone who did a fist pump when we saw the Governor eyeing Rick Grimes’ prison camp a couple weeks ago is probably regretting that now. At least a little. In last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, we saw the Governor go from “family guy Brian” back to his ruthless Governor we all know and love (or hate). With this came murder, of course. And from the end of last night’s episode, it looks like Michonne’s number just might be up.

    After the Governor killed off two of the new group’s leaders, Martinez and Pete, he works to make the camp safer and gets it running more smoothly. Then, we see the Governor outside of Rick’s prison while Rick and Carl are working in the garden. Just before the episode ends, the Governor spots Michonne and aims his gun at her. We didn’t see whether he pulled the trigger–that will have to wait until Sunday–but things aren’t looking good for our zombie slayer.

    Here’s a clip of what we can expect next week’s episode to hold:

    From the mid-season finale promo, which will air on December 1, it looks like we are finally getting the fight between the Governor and Rick that we wanted at the end of the third season. Obviously some folks will die, but who?

    So, do fans of The Walking Dead think the Governor will kill Michonne next week? Add your comments below. Judging from some of the Twitter comments, it’s likely that people will riot–and by “riot,” we mean “start an online petition”–if Michonne is killed off.

    [Image via Twitter]

  • ‘Family Feud’ Zombie Answer is Hilarious [VIDEO]

    Based on one contestant’s knowledge of zombies on a recent episode of Family Feud, it’s probably safe to say she wouldn’t survive a zombie apocalypse. Watch the video above to see what answer the contestant provides when host Steve Harvey asks her to name one thing she knows about zombies.

    When Steve Harvey asked the contestants to name something they know about zombies, one contestant named Christie responded with, “They’re black.” We know that she was probably referring to a zombie’s rotting flesh, but that doesn’t make the answer any less funny, especially considering the situation.

    Harvey’s reaction to the answer was equally hilarious; as is typical in these situations, he managed to say plenty with his facial expressions and body language. The woman tried to save herself by saying she didn’t know whether zombies were white (maybe that throws the “rotting flesh” theory out the window) and then began clapping, saying her answer was on the board. Harvey told her to shut up and then looked at the answer board. Guess what? “Black zombies” didn’t make the cut. The other contestant’s answer was slightly better–she said “They move slow,” which was on the board, but was the least popular answer.

    So, now that you’ve watched the video and have heard the woman’s hilarious answer, it’s probably safe to assume that if she were to cross paths with The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes that her answer to “How many walkers have you killed?” would be zero (at least early on). Otherwise, it sounds like she might be unintentionally taking out humans.

    Here is what we imagine Rick’s response would be to that answer:

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    In other zombie news, The Walking Dead ratings are still very strong. The show is drawing in around 20 million viewers on average, and its demo rating in the ages 18-49 range beat out NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Scandal and The Big Bang Theory.

    [Images via YouTube and WiffleGif]

  • ‘Dead Rising 3’ Launch Trailer Released

    While PlayStation 4 owners are already streaming gameplay of games such as Knack and Killzone: Shadow Fall, gamers still have a few days to go before the Xbox One and its next-gen exclusives are released.

    One of the most anticipated Xbox One launch titles is Dead Rising 3. The game has already gotten moderately good reviews and Capcom is looking to capitalize on Microsoft’s console launch with its zombie franchise.

    Last week the publisher released a story trailer for Dead Rising 3 that showed off a fairly standard zombie apocalypse story about people being bitten and the race to find a cure while those still alive begin to turn on each other. Today Capcom has released the official launch trailer for the game.

    The new trailer doesn’t opt to show any actual gameplay footage. Instead, the video showcases the intense, bloody situations that were also the focus of the first look players got of the game at E3. Much of the silliness that characterizes the Dead Rising series and sets it apart from other zombie games is also, unfortunately, missing.

  • ‘Dying Light’ Visuals Teased in New Tech Demo

    Capcom has capitalized on the next-generation console launch with Dead Rising 3, a launch title for the Xbox One. On Friday gamers who buy an Xbox One will be able to get their zombie fix on day one.

    Reviews for Dead Rising 3, however, have not been perfect. It’s evidently clear that the game was originally being developed for current-gen consoles. For a truly next-gen zombie apocalypse experience, gamers might have to wait until developer Techland releases Dying Light next year. Techland is the developer behind the Dead Island series of zombie games.

    Dying Light combines traditional zombie mayhem with the first-person free running of Mirror’s edge. Earlier previews of the game show that players are expected to mostly run from, rather than fight, the zombie horde.

    Another big mechanic in Dying Light is that the game’s zombie transform at night, turning into even more powerful and dangerous creatures. Stealth and quickness will take on an even bigger role during the game’s night cycle.

    With day and night being such an important part of the game, getting the lighting right will be one of the most important aspects when developing the game. Luckily for the developers, next-gen consoles have much better hardware with which to render impressive lighting. Today Techland released a short teaser video showing off the lighting in Dying Light. Judging by the video, it appears that Techland has so far focused on optimizing lighting over textures:

  • Lil’ Kim Took a Redditor’s Awesome Zombie Makeup Art and Used It to Promote Her New Song

    Lil’ Kim Took a Redditor’s Awesome Zombie Makeup Art and Used It to Promote Her New Song

    So, Lil’ Kim has a new album coming out and has been promoting a new song called “Dead Gal Walking.” It’s making a lot of news, but unfortunately for Lil’ Kim, the reason has nothing to do with the song itself.

    It’s the album artwork that people are talking about – mainly the fact that it’s totally not hers.

    Here’s the image that Lil’ Kim’s been using to promoted the new track. Pretty cool image, right?

    The only problem is that the image belongs to redditor and makeup artist Samantha Ravndahl, known online as Sssamanthaa. It serves as the finished product of a how-to guide she posted on reddit’s popular MakeupAddiction subreddit, HOW TO: Pop Art Zombie Tutorial. Not only that, but she’s been posting it on her other social accounts since October 9th.

    Ravndahl is the makeup artist, photographer, and subject of the image in question. She recently posted this to reddit’s legal advice subreddit, under the heading “Lil Kim took my photo and is using it as album art for her new shitty song”:

    So, this is a thing that’s been happening. Lil Kim took my photo and is using it as album art (might I add she took the liberty of adding her watermark over it on instagram). I have spoken with a lady on her team as well as her manager, which has done a whole lot of nothing. I’ve reported the photos on Facebook and Instagram multiple times, but they are continually posted. Anyone have any thoughts on what to do here? I live in BC, Canada.

    Despite speaking to Lil’ Kim’s team, the rapper continues to promote her new song with the image. She even put her own watermark on the image and posted it on Instagram:

    Sssamanthaa says that she has plans to consult a lawyer. After receiving some classy feedback from Lil’ Kim fans like “Fuck u and your artwork cracker bitch, You should be flattered Kimmy even noticed it!,” she just posted this little disclaimer on Instagram:

    I expect we’ll be covering this more in the future. I’m not an IP lawyer and uploading images to the internet comes with a ridiculously confusing set of rules – depending on which site you use – so I won’t venture into what I think will happen here. Stay tuned.

    Image via Samantha Ravndahl, Sssamanthaa, Instagram

  • If ‘Walking Dead’ Were Real, Could Zombies Really Walk?

    So AMC has renewed zombie-smashing hit series The Walking Dead for a fifth season, but after five years of shambling around trying to munch the brains of Rick Grimes & co., would there be enough of the zombies left for them to continue walking?

    A forensic consultant with Rutgers University-Camden, Kimberlee Sue Moran, thinks the dead would be more threatening to the water table than your brain cavity. “At the root of decomposition is liquefaction,” she said, noting that when the body dies, it immediately begins eating itself from the inside in a process called autolysis.

    “Within three days, you would see signs of decomposition, so the body would not be stable enough to run around,” Moran notes. “Rigor mortis is like a body-wide cramp, which would make it hard for the zombie to move… You hear about friendly bacteria and probiotics all the time, and they are friendly until the body dies, then they get a bit hungry.”

    The living bacteria from our dead guts continues living after our bodies cease to function, and as a result, the body bloats as the bacteria leaves waste in the form of gas. Those byproducts, and the bacteria themselves, are responsible for pale zombie skin tint.

    But what if the brain were reanimated, and those necessary body functions were not stopped, but slowed? “You need the frontal lobe to see and certain parts of the brain to make your arms and legs move, but none of that is possible without oxygen and blood,” Moran says. “The brain is made of cells, so if all the other cells are liquifying, so would the brain.”

    “In the movie Resident Evil,” Moran continued, “they said it was a very primitive part of the brain that drives basic instincts like hunger. But sleep and reproduction are also basic instincts and that’s not taking place in any of these stories. Taking in nutrients is not going to serve any purpose for the zombie.”

    So what drove Moran’s interests into exploring the plausibility of the zombie? The Danny Boyle bio-thriller 28 Days Later. “28 Days Later caused my irrational fear of zombies because they were biological agent-driven zombies… Part of fear is trying to rationalize what is happening and find ways around it.”

    [Image via Gene Page/AMCTV.com]

  • The Walking Dead Gets a Much-Needed Honest Trailer

    After premiering to insanely good ratings Sunday night, The Walking Dead’s ego is probably a bit overinflated. Thank god there’s the Honest Trailer team to take it down a peg.

    “From the network that brought you Breaking Bad, a show you couldn’t stop watching, comes a show so inconsistent you have to keep talking yourself into watching…”

    Take us home, guys:

    I’m not hating on The Walking Dead, it’s a fine show. I’m just bitter that more people watched the season 4 premiere than watched the Breaking Bad series finale. Grumble grumble grumble. Oh, and Carl. F*ckin’ Carl.

    Image via Screen Junkies, AMC, YouTube

  • The Walking Dead: AMC Takes You Inside the Premiere

    Like they routinely did with Breaking Bad, AMC is taking viewers inside the latest episode of The Walking Dead with a couple of featurettes – both a “making of” and an “inside the episode.”

    You can check ’em both out below:

    And if you want to watch last night’s season 4 premiere, you can do that too. AMC has made it available to stream on their website. Don’t think that you’ll be able to watch all future episodes of The Walking Dead life this, however. AMC is clear that they are only doing this with S04E01.

    If you missed last night’s season 4 premiere, well, you might have been the only one. The episode took in an incredible 16.1 million viewers – up nearly 4 million from the season 3 finale.

    Image via AMC, YouTube

  • Watch ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4 Premiere Online For Free, Courtesy Of AMC

    AMC debuted the season premiere of The Walking Dead: Season 4 on Sunday. Keeping in tradition with past seasons, AMC has now made the episode available to stream from its website for free.

    Here’s the link.

    The episode is called “30 Days Without an Accident”. If you’ve already watched it, AMC has plenty of supplemental material for you to check out on its YouTube channel. You’ll find behind-the-scenes videos about the episode and a look at the next episode, as well as a handful of clips from Talking Dead discussing the episode.

    Don’t expect AMC to hand you over the whole season on its website for free.

    “This is the ONLY episode being made available without a log-in requirement,” the network notes. “Future episodes of The Walking Dead will be available on amc.com the day after broadcast and accessible via log-in for select cable providers.”

    Of course there are always the Amazon and iTunes routes.

    Image: AMC

  • “Walking Dead” Spinoff Announced

    The zombie universe is getting ready to expand, and just in time for Halloween. The early phase of developing a spinoff series from AMC’s popular The Walking Dead is currently underway. Though the series is not set for airtime until 2015, the show will be the product of the same masterminds who brought the world The Walking Dead, which includes Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert.

    According to AMC’s president, Charlie Collier, “Building on the success of the most popular show on television for adults 18-49 is literally a no-brainer. We look forward to working with Robert, Gale, and Dave again as we develop an entirely new story and cast of characters. It’s a big world and we can’t wait to give fans another unforgettable view of the zombie apocalypse.”

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    The new series will take place within the same worldview shown in the current zombie hit; however, a new cast of characters will be introduced instead of relying on shifting characters from the present popular series.

    Fans are looking forward to the new show even though they will have to wait awhile before the first episode airs. Some fans have taken to Twitter in order to share their excitement about the news. Will the new show be able to continue the same fervor and following that The Walking Dead currently holds?

    [Image And Video Via YouTube]

  • ‘The Walking Dead’ Spinoff Coming to AMC

    With Breaking Bad coming to a close, AMC is now weighing its options and betting on spinoffs. The cable channel last week announced that a Breaking Bad spinoff centered on Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy lawyer character Saul Goodman. Now, AMC’s other hit show is getting its own spinoff.

    AMC today announced that a spinoff for The Walking Dead is in the early stages of development. AMC studios will produce the show, and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is on board as a producer. The studio estimates that the show should be released sometime in 2015.

    “After 10 years of writing the comic book series and being so close to the debut of our fourth, and in my opinion, best season of the TV series, I couldn’t be more thrilled about getting the chance to create a new corner of The Walking Dead universe,” said Kirkman over on an AMC blog post about the new show. “The opportunity to make a show that isn’t tethered by the events of the comic book, and is truly a blank page, has set my creativity racing.”

    Little else about the upcoming spinoff was revealed, though AMC president Charlie Collier did say that it will have an “entirely new story and cast of characters.” The setting will be the same as that seen in The Walking Dead, presumably with the undead still wandering around the ruins of society. Breaking away from the story in The Walking Dead comics is not a new idea. The Walking Dead adventure game did just that last year and was lauded by critics as one of the best video games of 2012.

    The fourth season of The Walking Dead is set to premiere next month, on October 13. The show’s third season will also be hitting Netflix on September 29.

    (Image courtesy AMC)

  • ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 3 Gets A Netflix Release Date

    As fans know, the fourth season of AMC’s The Walking Dead is just around the corner, but many are also waiting for last season to hit Netflix. Well, that’s just around the corner too, and will happen even sooner.

    If you’ve been wondering when that day would come, wonder no more. It will come on September 29th, giving you two full weeks to get caught up (or reacquainted) before the new season. In the meantime, the first two seasons are available, so really, you have plenty of time to watch the entire series if you want (though I highly recommend using some of that time to read the books).

    Season 4 will premiere on AMC on October 13th.

    In other The Walking Dead news, Telltale Games announced this week that he first season of its Walking Dead game series is hitting Ouya this winter.

    Update: The DVDs are currently available on Netflix, though at the moment, they’re showing up as “long wait” for me. As far as we know, the date discussed is still the plan for streaming.

    Image: Netflix

  • Dead Rising 3’s Gamescom Trailer Is Pretty Silly

    Dead Rising 3 had some fans rightly concerned. At E3, the game looked like an open-world version of The Walking Dead. Not a bad idea by any means, but it’s just not Dead Rising. The developers were quick to reassure fans that the game will remain silly, and the newest trailer only further cements that.

    For Gamescom, IGN scooped the CG trailer that Capcom created for Dead Rising 3. It’s a little unfortunate that we’re getting a CG trailer now after months of seeing nothing but gameplay footage, but this particular trailer can be forgiven. In short – it’s hilarious and perfectly embodies what the Dead Rising franchise is all about.

    Dead Rising 3 looks to introduce a lot more customization, but we’ve yet to see exactly how much. Sure, you can make custom weapons, but can players make the kind of the crazy vehicles as seen in the above trailer? I, and presumably many fans, certainly hope so.

    Dead Rising 3 is an Xbox One launch title, and will be released this November.

  • Dying Light Really Is Mirror’s Edge With Zombies

    When Dying Light was first announced, it was billed as Mirror’s Edge with zombies. The comparison seemed a little simplistic and perhaps a disservice, but we couldn’t know for sure until we actually got to see some gameplay.

    The wait for gameplay is over as IGN obtained 12 minutes of nothing but gameplay from Dying Light. I was hesitant to compare the title to Mirror’s Edge, but the first gameplay video proves it to be an apt comparison. There are some differences, however, with Dying Light looking a little slower than EA’s free runner.

    Of course, Dying Light is also a zombie game. It’s made by the team at Techland that made Dead Island so you can expect to see plenty of weapon customization. The other interesting mechanic sees the zombies transforming into more powerful monsters at night where the player will have to either stealthily make their way through the environment or run to the nearest safe house.

    Dying Light will be out in early 2014 for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.

  • Dead Island: Epidemic, a MOBA, Announced

    The success of League of Legends and DOTA 2 has proven both the possible success of a free-to-play business model, and the popularity of the relatively new MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) genre. Publishers are now beginning to chase both in ham-fisted ways, such as inserting micro-transactions into full-priced games and pushing out MOBA’s without understanding what made them popular in the first place. Warner Bros’ Guardians of Middle Earth is a good example of missing the point.

    Today, publisher Deep Silver announced that it too will be using an existing brand to create a MOBA. Dead Island: Epidemic will be a free-to-play PC MOBA (or ZOMBA, as the publisher’s marketing materials put it.). It will pit three players against each other, similar to other current MOBAs. Epidemic will be set in the world of the Dead Island games and feature “trademark elements” of Dead Island games (kicking zombies?).

    No other details, such as a release date, have been revealed about Epidemic. A website has been created for the game, but is bare with only a colorful animation and a link to sign up for a Dead Island: Epidemic newsletter. Deep Silver is promising that more details will be announced at the Gamescom conference, which begins on August 21.

  • Dead Rising 3 Will Still Be Silly, Say Developers

    Dead Rising 3 was announced as an exclusive Xbox One launch title at Microsoft’s big E3 conference. Since that time, fans of the series have had concerns about the game’s tone.

    The initial teaser for the title showed off an impressive, next-gen number of zombies on-screen but also seemed very serious in its depiction of zombie apocalypse violence and airstrikes. This breaks from the previous two games in the series, which feature odd powers, ridiculous weapons, and over-the-top villains.

    Today, developers for Dead Rising 3 released a new look at the game and sought to reassure fans that it will still have many silly elements.

    The new video highlights many of the new aspects of the game, including its sprawling open-world; the uniqueness and greater intelligence of the zombies; and a few of the various ways to despatch the undead horde. Also touched on is the game’s Kinect integration and weapon crafting system, both of which were featured in a different Dead Rising 3 preview released earlier this month. The silliness comes in with a banana hammock costume and wrestling with zombies in a ring while wearing a luchador costume.

  • New Dead Rising 3 Preview Released

    For those that aren’t into racing games, Dead Rising 3 was undoubtedly the most impressive of Microsoft’s announced Xbox One launch title exclusives at E3. Though fans of the series have raised concerns about the serious tone previews of the game have shown thus far, the sheer number of zombies shown and its open-world style of play have given the game a good amount of buzz.

    This week, Capcom released a new Dead Rising 3 preview to highlight some new details for the game using footage from E3. Players will take on the role of Nick Ramos, a mechanic who is trapped in the quarantined city of Los Perdidos, California. The game takes place 10 years after the events of Dead Rising 2. Weapon crafting will also allow for some of the same wild weapons used in previous Dead Rising games.

    Capcom Vancouver Executive Producer Josh Bridge also highlighted Dead Rising 3‘s Kinect and SmartGlass integration. Players will be able to (or try to) push zombies off of themselves using the Kinect sensor, and using SmartGlass on tablets allows players to drop air strikes into the game world. No word yet on why a mechanic has access to air strikes.

  • New Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Trailer Showcases “Buried” Zombies Map

    Though most Call of Duty fans are looking forward to the dynamic multiplayer maps in Call of Duty: Ghosts or Battlefield 4, Activision still has DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops II to push.

    The latest DLC for Black Ops II hit digital stores this week, featuring four new maps, a new zombies map, and a new weapon with which to murder zombies. Activision and Treyarch have released yet another trailer for the Vengeance map pack, this time highlighting the new zombies mode map.

    The map, called “Buried,” is set in an old west mining town that is buried underground. Players will have to cut down hundreds of zombies to make is out alive, and the Ray Gun Mark II weapon that comes in the Vengeance DLC should help some. The new trailer is actually something of a music video, but still features lots of zombie carnage:

  • The Walking Dead 400 Days Creators Talk About The Latest Episode

    The award winning The Walking Dead adventure game series from Telltale Games is getting one last episode next month before the team moves on to season two. Of course, this latest episode came as bit of a surprise so fans may be wondering just what’s going on with it. Wonder no more then as the team behind it are finally opening up.

    Director Sean Ainsworth and Designer Harrison Pink recently sat down for a seven-minute interview to talk about 400 Days. They reiterate a bit of what we already know, such as how the episode takes place during the events of season one. The characters and locales will be different, however, as it focuses on five different protagonists over the course of 400 Days after the initial zombie outbreak that started the first season of the series. They also confirm that some of the choices made in 400 Days will carry over into season two, but they aren’t talking about that yet.

    The Walking Dead 400 Days came out of nowhere, but fans are obviously appreciative. Having to wait later into the year for season two would be killer without some kind of filler, and it seems that 400 Days will fit the bill just nicely. It will also have the added benefit of saving fans the pain of having to play Survival Instinct.

    The Walking Dead 400 Days is still penciled in for an early July release for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and iOS. You don’t have to play the first season to play this latest add-on, but it’s highly recommend that you do.