Saber Interactive & Paramount Pictures Announce ‘World War Z’
Independent developer Saber Interactive has announced World War Z, a new four-player cooperative game inspired by Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster film franchise. Featuring massive swarms of zombies who rush their living prey, World War Z is in production for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC.
“World War Z is a name synonymous with heart-pounding fear and action, and we’re excited to finally capture that energy in a fast-paced and gruesome experience crafted specifically for modern consoles and PC,” said Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch.
World War Z’s co-op campaign focuses on unique survivor stories and missions around the globe, including New York, Moscow and Jerusalem. Use traps, barriers and the environment strategically to stay alive while unleashing a storm of firepower with a variety of weapons on the unrelenting hordes of the undead.
“Saber has tons of experience working on high-quality games and they’ve done a great job capturing the massive, frantic hordes of ‘zekes’ that sets our franchise apart,” said Bil Bertini, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Licensing for Paramount Pictures. “They have created a fiercely original experience in the rich universe of World War Z that fans are sure to love.”
《末日之战 World War Z》作为一款最多可以4人合作的第三人称射击游戏,从此前公布的预告来看,相比起Valve 社经典的《求生之路(Left 4 Dead)》系列来说节奏还要更快一些。而在今年的E3上,《末日之战》的编剧 Oliver Hollis-Leick 和设计师 Craig Sherman 接受了媒体采访,谈到了游戏中的剧情、僵尸设定以及布拉德·皮特等等话题。
以布莱德·彼特主演电影《末日之战(World War Z)》改编同名游戏《末日之战 World War Z》,今日在欧洲游戏展 Gamescom 2018 期间曝光了最新预告影片,让玩家见识游戏呈现数百个独立的殭尸壮观风貌。
《末日之战 World War Z》游戏为四人合作射击游戏,游戏世界将从莫斯科到耶路撒冷到纽约,结合世界多处生存者的不同故事与任务。 玩家在游戏中将策略性地使用陷阱、障碍与环境来减缓殭尸的攻击,并与朋友组队使用多样化武器与炸药,来对殭尸展开反击。
研发团队表示,《末日之战 World War Z》采用 Saber Interactive 的 Swarm 引擎,这个引擎主要处理呈现大量的敌人,以便让玩家可以在游戏中面对数以百计的殭尸袭来,若是角色呆站在原地可能立刻被淹没。 游戏利用 Swarm 引擎可以一次产生数百个殭尸、就像电影中一样,这些殭尸不会是呆呆的、制式化动作,游戏强调具有多样化的殭尸机制,殭尸可能会爬过其他同伴以穿越路障或高墙,甚至躲开玩家的子弹等。
玩家将需要藉由策略合作来面对如此庞大且多样化机制的殭尸,PC/PS4/Xbox One《末日之战 World War Z》预定 2019 年问世。
World War Z, the four-player cooperative game based on the Paramount Pictures film franchise, will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2019, developer Saber Interactive announced. A new trailer introducing the enemy horde was also released.
Here is an overview of the trailer and game, via Saber Interactive:
The newest gameplay trailer released today shows how World War Z harnesses the power of Saber’s Swarm Engine™ to bring to un-life the film’s trademark hordes of fast-moving, fast-infecting zombies. You’ll face off against hundreds of different types of zekes on screen at a time, rushing as a pack to overwhelm your defenses. Dynamic swarm simulation, a smart intensity director, diverse zombie mechanics, and an advanced gore system all combine for the ultimate zombie shooter experience. Play with friends or on your own with AI teammates to survive against these relentless swarms of undead.
From Moscow to Jerusalem to New York, the action-packed co-op campaign of Saber’s World War Z delivers unique survivor stories and missions around the world. Use traps, barriers and the environment strategically to slow your undead enemies down, then unleash a storm of firepower from all directions with a wide range of heavy-hitting weapons and explosives.