Zombie Obsessed Developer to release The War Z

We love Zombies, we love post-apocalyptic scenarios, and we love MMO's. Combination of these three is always exciting. Just like us, Hammerpoint Interactive is a group of developers who are obsessed with Zombie Culture. Hammerpoint today announced its upcoming Survival Horror MMO Zombie with a virtual world built around a Zombie Apocalypse. The story is same old same old, but Zombie and Post-Apocalyptic never gets old. Read on for first details.

The War Z - Survive in a World Five Years After a Zombie Apocalypse

​What is it about Zombies? I can't really explain but I would be interested in anything with Zombies. Let it be a movie, a TV Show or a video game. Resident Evil games, movies, The Walking Dead TV Show as of late, it has all been a joy to watch. Sure, there has been terrible examples of productions that Zombie Culture has witnessed but Zombies are always appealing.

Recently, I have been playing The Secret World and the existence of Zombies made me forget the game was actually about Secret Societies. I am sure there are fans of the game playing it for the sake of Illuminati, Templars and all the conspiracy theories around them but if anything made TSW's ambience almost perfect, arguably the best in a long time, it was always the Zombie ingredient.

If you missed it, read Mat's beautiful article "Massively Multiplayer Online Zombies" as he writes about his imagination of a full zombie MMO. 

It's hard to tell yet if The War Z is going to be the Zombie MMO Mat has been dreaming of but it surely looks like it has the potential. Well, at least the developer does! In today's press release from Hammerpoint Interactive, the developer stresses the fact that they are a group of developers obsessed with Zombies, dying to make a ZOMBIE MMO that they would play too! Who is to make a Zombie MMO than harcore Zombie Culture fan developers? At least in theory, this sounds like a plan to me. We shall wait and see.

Here are the features, Hammerpoint has revealed:

* Two modes of play: Normal (downed characters can be revived after “cool down” period) and Hardcore (death will be permanent)
* Ability to switch between first-person (FPS) and third-person (TPS) perspectives
* Huge maps ranging between 200 and 400 square kilometers
* Meld of PvE (player versus environment) and PvP (player versus player) gameplay
* Unique social elements, including bounties, rewards, help requests, trap setting, etc.

* Safe Settlements: safe cities within the world where players can purchase, sell and store items as well as post notes for other players
* Single purchase, downloadable client with ability to play full game without subscriptions or requiring in-game transactions
* Full developer support with regularly scheduled, free content updates
* Dedicated public servers as well as private servers that can be completely self-managed in game client

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