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- throughout the game, interact with different groups that have their own interpretation of John Dee's "Black Prophecy"
- they also have their own approach to this doomsday scenario
- guided most of the game by a survival expert referred to as the Prepper
- the rest of your group takes refuge in his bunker
- they are sent out one at a time when the current survivor out in the field is killed
- the Prepper treats the Black Prophecy as gospe
- he believes a great fire will wipe out the plague
- Dr Knight is a scientist who argues that science shall prevail in the war against the plague
- he has sealed himself under Buckingham Palace to search for Dee's fabled panacea, a universal cure for the disease
- uncover the secret society known as the Ravens of Dee and their leader, Sandra
- RPG-style levelling and upgrade system
- use the GamePad to scan the environment for items such as weapon parts
- enter the safehouse to upgrade weapons with these parts
- this will boost attributes like damage, firing speed and accuracy
- the more the player uses a certain type of weapon, the better their character will become at handling those kinds of weapons
- these skills only apply to one character at a time
- they disappear if said character dies
- competitive asymmetric multiplayer mode playable both locally and online

My Zombified Friend is already the best aspect of any Nintendo-related online game...ever. Consider me a day-one consumer!

Are zombies the best bad guys in video games? Let us know in the comments below!

"You've seen the Tower Of London gameplay footage by now, so you know we are going to have to breach the Traitor's Gate and penetrate the depths of the Bloody Tower to find the Raven Of Dee's Secret Bunker, but you've never heard of St George's Yard.

St George's is our hell within hell. Survivors here are unwilling participants in a twisted game in which they are thrown to the infected. Our multiplayer arenas are a spin-off of this mission in the campaign." - story director Gabrielle Shrager

I really think the multiplayer, even without the regular online features of most FPS games, is going to be something special. Don't dismiss the local multiplayer in this game!

- start looking for safe haven while wandering the abandoned streets of London
- as zombies ambush you, a mystery man using the city’s CCTV network alerts you of the nearby London underground train station
- start off unarmed and on a mission to find this mystery man
- you'll encounter an ex-survivor turned undead
- this is where you get your backpack
- swiping the backpack tab on the Wii U pad will engage the backpack menu
- organize your gear by dragging and dropping onto your quick-select slot on the pad
- game doesn't pause while you're looking through your backpack
- eventually reach a makeshift safe house in the one of the security rooms
- this is the hub for the majority of the game
- use the CCTV network and monitor the surrounding areas for supplies and zombie activity
- you can also use the hub to store items and weapons, upgrade character perks (weapon handling perks in particular), apply mods to your guns, and sleep to rejuvenate your character
- next mission is to head to the local supermarket to collect supplies
- characters you play as are randomly generated
- this includes their own name, gender, occupation, and costume
- when you die, you'll see a results screen showing how long you lasted and how many zombies you took out
- you'll then start as a new survivor in the safe house
- you'll have to re-find your backpack on the zombified body of your former character
- dying before successfully looting your previous character will result in the loss of that particular set of gear
- scanning device uses the GamePad's gyro sensors
- hold up the GamePad vertically and shift it around to scan the environment for clues and loot
- 18 different functions for the GamePad
- first weapon you get your hands on is a cricket bat
- guns are slow and awkward by design
- ammo and supplies are limited
- game will save your progress constantly
- zombies left unharmed from previous areas will be there for you when you make a return
- one grab from a zombie will spell the end of your survivor
- zombies are of the slow-moving variety
- you can run past them, vault over obstructions, and duck into rooms to evade them
- you can push them back which can cause them to stagger
- screamer zombies summon more zombies
- eventually acquire a vaccine with saves you once
- swapping weapons and items is done from quick-select icons on the touch screen

Time Attack

- race to see how many zombies you can kill and points you can score
- do this until time runs out
- score and times are posted to leaderboards

Survival

- hold out as long as you can
- work with limited resources
- score and times are posted to leaderboards

Zombie King

- player vs. player
- one as survivor and one as the Zombie King
- survivor has to capture three flags across the map while fighting off zombies
- ammo and health are very limited
- Zombie King uses the GamePad to look at a top down view of the map
- deploy different zombie units across the map to both kill the survivor and capture flags
- only have up to eight zombies at a time
- different units cost resources to deploy
- Trackers can sense where the survivor is and hunt them down
- armor clad zombies are resistant to gun fire
- there are zombies that ignore the survivor altogether and focus on capturing flags
- recall deployed zombies to regain a portion of their cost
- care packages are strewn about the map that will drop ammo and health

Okay, we get it, there are hell of scary zombies in this game. I think we're good until release day, Ubisoft.

This trailer shows a Nov. 13th release date at the end. We all know Wii U isn't coming out until the 18th. Consider this either a mistake, or we'll have the game a week earlier than we can play it!

The official Japanese website for ZombiU has opened up, reconfirming it as a launch title in Japan. Not much going on at the site right now, but you can see that new content should be added shortly.

It's like all the other zombie apocalypses, except British-er. And minus Cillian Murphy.