Asyper Media e-mailed me about a new game from Wideload (founded by Bungie cofounder Alexander Seropian) called STUBBS THE ZOMBIE in “REBEL WITHOUT A PULSE”. The game looks to me like a cross between Possession and Shiny’s Messiah. From the press release:
In this game, players take on the role of the rebel himself Stubbs, a wisecracking Zombie who takes on an ultra-modern city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. The game’s tongue-in-cheek humor, innovative combat and strong storyline keep Stubbs the Zombie’s gameplay as bizarre and unpredictable as its namesake.
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As Stubbs, you can:
- Play as a Zombie and give those unpleasant, violent humans a piece of your mind…by eating theirs
- Destroy an entire city built with Bungie’s Halo Engine
- Use Zombie Strength to smash down doors and maul a wide variety of citizens and armed defenders
- Spread Zombie Love by eating the brains of your enemies and adding them to your own personal zombie horde
- Possess unsuspecting humans and use their weapons against their friends
- Use Your Body as a Weapon in the deadliest offense ever: explosive gut grenades, zombie sputum, a severed hand that can crawl through tight spaces and possess the living, a head that doubles as an unholy bowling ball, and flatulence beyond the ken of mortal men.
Rebel Without a Pulse uses Bungie’s Halo engine, so it will be available for Mac, PC, and Xbox. The official site has some cool-looking screenshots.