Posted by Ross

Fri, 7th Jun 2013

OMG HD Zombies gets a release date and trailer

Hi everyone.  As you may have seen on the European PSN Blog today I’m happy to tell you that OMG HD Zombies will be released on the 19^th June in Europe priced at just €3.59 (£2.99).

For those of you who never experienced the simple joys of zombie-popping first time around, the zombie virus in OMG HD Zombies is the result of a virulent fungus that causes its zombified victims to EXPLODE when attacked.  That’s pretty cool in itself, but if any infected matter lands on another zombie then they explode too, causing a chain-reaction tsunami of gore!  Wise to this, your character is able to take down hordes of the undead with a single well-placed rifle round.

So, why remake OMG-Z?  Well, due to restrictions on Minis, we were unable to add all the features we felt the first game deserved.  So, the aim with OMG HD Zombies was to upscale the graphics, add trophies and Leaderboards and re-release on PS Vita. Easy, right?

The problem was that once we started the project, I completely failed to shake this little voice at the back of my mind that kept saying, “Why not sneak in some more new stuff too?”  And this is what we came up with:

• More Graphics! – ALL menus, levels and zombies have been completely redrawn to take advantage of the PS Vita’s lovely OLED screen.
• More Zombies! – We’ve thrown three new zombie classes into the mix and tripled all death animations.  So…much…gore…
• More Levels! – We’ve added 19 new levels and totally reworked all existing levels. That’s 100 new levels of zombie-slaying action!
• More Upgrades! – 100 in total to be precise!
• Now with added Trophies! – 12 bronze, silver and gold Trophies to unlock.
• And Leaderboards! – Compare scores with your PSN Friends or the best zombie slayers worldwide.
• More Touchy-Feely! – Choose between traditional controls or the all-new touch method.
• More Comics! – 2 brand new endings plus we reveal more of the game’s story in our extended comic book intro.
• All-new Prestige Mode! – Complete the game to 100% Platinum standard and Prestige the game, resetting progress in return for a Leaderboard multiplier.  “Prestige” up to 20 times for some truly HUGE scores!

If you would like more details of some of the great new features in OMG HD Zombies you can find out more about them by checking out some of our earlier blogposts starting from the 18^th April.

That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week, but until then you can join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+  pages where we will be posting all the news from Laughing Jackal.