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The War Z: New Website Launches
SBFord
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The official website for the zombie apocalypse MMO, The War Z, is now live. The team behind the game also announced that over 100,000 players have signed up for beta testing in just 24 hours. The War Z is expected to head into beta testing very soon and is likely to be released in late 2012.
The War Z is an online, multiplayer, survival-simulation game set in an open world infested with zombies. Players are thrust into this post-apocalyptic world five-years after a viral outbreak that ravaged the human population and left, in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion. Hordes of undead zombies roam the cities, and the few remaining human beings have devolved into a lawless, nomadic society where the sole objective is to survive at any cost. Players must use skill and cunning in order to acquire food, weapons and other supplies necessary for survival. While navigating the vast landscape, they will discover cities teeming with the undead as well as other players that may or may not be friendly.
Check out the official The War Z site.
Comments
MMO originality at it's best...
Of course I love the idea, but this game came out of nowhere. I just can't see how this will be any good.
Maybe that is the way games should be, come out of nowhere so the hype doesn't kill a game.
Grim Dawn, the next great action rpg!
http://www.grimdawn.com/
Some in game footage would be nice, I guess we will have to wait until this beta actually starts.
Somehow I want to stay loyal to Dayz, but I'll give this a try.
I tossed my money at their pre-order, but they didn't accept it yet!
yup thats the way todo it. - look at diablo3. final fantasy 14. best examples to date.
Playing DayZ a bit this looks 'dead on'- no pun intended.
Registered for the closed beta and on forums. Seems like a simple game but then again so was DayZ.
Hopefully better than DayZ. It's okay, but god awfully boring, repetitve, and stressful at times.
Most important info i found on the faq side:
Are zombies fast like in Day Z?
No, They are described as classical "Slow" zombies and they go from roaming to limping as they try to run.
Yessss....most important thing to get a *dawn of the dead* feeling...:D
I'd love to see the DayZ team and War Z to come together and do it right. Of course, competition between the two could produce good results as well.
It is a bit odd that they'd have links to a pre-order up when it doesn't appear to work. At least it directs people to the beta sign-up form.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
The War Z is an interesting concept no doubt taken directly from Day Z, the popular mod for war sim ARMA II: Combined Operations. I think this style of game is awesome, however it is not an MMO.
This looks to have the exact same backend/infastructure as DayZ.
Only the front end/graphic engine has changed?
I wonder if Dean is actually behind this game.
BigCountry | Head Hunters | www.wefarmpeople.com
"Yes, not only that - you'll be able to rent a game server from inside the user interface without leaving the game. You will be able to choose server settings, configure things like public or private, password protection, allocate certain number of slots for your friends and clan members, etc. "
Never seen that done before. That's cool stuff.
BigCountry | Head Hunters | www.wefarmpeople.com
Two words for ya :
Watch Dogs
noone has mentioned an ex Riot games person is working on this this game will be tight!
Like dayz and all this is looking good to and looks like it has some $$ching ching to fund it. I dont think dayz has the resources to keep up with this when it comes out
DayZ looks alot better than left for dead or i mean warZ
This sold me. Real zombies don't run. PERIOD. If they run, they're not zombies.
As Fry would say, "Shut up and take my money!"
You obviously didn't watch 28 days later.
Those were infected humans, not zombies. It's a good film, but I don't consider it a zombie flick.
All these beta testors are going to be surprised how bad this game is. Stick with Dayz it is a far better game, like light years better.
You haven't even played War Z but yet the Day Z mod is better ? Ooook....
Grim Dawn, the next great action rpg!
http://www.grimdawn.com/
FINALY.....
The War Z is an online, multiplayer, survival-simulation game set in an open world
Meaning they call it what it really is and not tag the MMORPG label to it, atleast from what I read I definitly would call it what they call it themselfs.
And personaly I feel many games with the label MMORPG are just online multiplayer games, I just expect allot from a MMORPG and most MMO's today mostly deliver a online multiplayer game.
And nothing wrong with that as I can enjoy that. But when I enter a game genre I have certain expectations.