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The Best Zombie Games on PC

The Best Zombie Games on PC

Murderous, brain-eating undead have fascinated players for decades now. Here is our list of the best zombie games on PC.

Dead Rising 2 and expansion Dead Rising 2: Off the Record ditch GFWL for Steamworks today

Dead Rising 2 and expansion Dead Rising 2: Off the Record ditch GFWL for Steamworks today

Dead Rising 2 and its standalone expansion Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will both make the transition over to Steamworks today, ditching Games for Windows Live. Anyone who owns the games either through Steam or in boxed retail form can net a free Steamworks copy, though if you bought directly from GFWL you're out of luck.

Dead Rising 2 and Resident Evil 5 to be moved over to Steamworks next year

Dead Rising 2 and Resident Evil 5 to be moved over to Steamworks next year

It's a mass zombie outbreak on Steamworks - Capcom's undead-smiting hits Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising: Off the Record are all migrating over to Valve's platform "early next year". These are the latest Games For Windows Live titles to make the switch to a server framework people generally don't despise with every fibre of their being.

Dead Rising 3 "more approachable" with time pressure removed, 3x the zombies

Dead Rising 3 "more approachable" with time pressure removed, 3x the zombies

Capcom Vancouver has removed the time-sensitive gameplay of the previous Dead Rising games from Dead Rising 3, but they do provide a 'nightmare mode' where "time is tight" and saves are restricted to washrooms. They didn't want that as the default experience as they open it up to newcomers. It's a "much grittier game" set 10 years after Dead Rising 2; has three times the zombies.

Assassin's Creed 3 DLC, Bethesda and zombies to highlight Xbox Live

Assassin's Creed 3 DLC, Bethesda and zombies to highlight Xbox Live

What's coming to the Xbox Live Marketplace? Right now five titles have just been added to Games on Demand which include Quantum Theory, Ben 10 Omniverse and Kinect Disneyland Adventures. The current Deal of the Week is everything zombie related as Zombie Apocalypse, All Zombies Must Die!, Zombie Wranglers and other zombie DLC gets 50% off until February 18th.

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