Undead Labs
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Undead Labs is a Seattle, Washington-based game development studio developing a zombie
-survival game for Xbox 360
. It was established by Jeff Strain
in 2009, and has since brought artists and programmers who have worked on titles like Guild Wars
and Diablo
to their team.
On 3 February 2011 Undead Labs announced that they were partnering with Microsoft Game Studios
to publish their games on the Xbox 360 system. This decision was made after most companies requesting what they described as "World of Warcraft
Clones". The first game codenamed Class 3 will be a third person shooter arcade game allowing two player co-op over Xbox Live
. The game will act as a way to publicize their title more and also allow gamers to submit feedback to help tweak and refine the gameplay for the MMO, that is codenamed Class 4.
There is no release date set for either the arcade game or the MMO.
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-survival game for Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. It was established by Jeff Strain
Jeff Strain
Jeff Strain is a game programmer and one of the three founders of ArenaNet. He served ArenaNet and NCsoft as the leader of the Art and Production teams and President of Product Development respectively. He was previously the lead programmer of Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft; he also created...
in 2009, and has since brought artists and programmers who have worked on titles like Guild Wars
Guild Wars
Guild Wars is an episodic series of online 3D fantasy role-playing games developed by ArenaNet and published by NCsoft. Although often defined as an MMORPG the developers define it as a CORPG due to significant differences from the MMORPG genre. It provides two main modes of gameplay—a cooperative...
and Diablo
Diablo (series)
Diablo is an action role-playing game franchise owned and produced by Blizzard Entertainment. , the series has sold over 18.5 million copies worldwide.-Story:...
to their team.
On 3 February 2011 Undead Labs announced that they were partnering with Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the release of the Xbox, before...
to publish their games on the Xbox 360 system. This decision was made after most companies requesting what they described as "World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
Clones". The first game codenamed Class 3 will be a third person shooter arcade game allowing two player co-op over Xbox Live
Xbox Live
Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...
. The game will act as a way to publicize their title more and also allow gamers to submit feedback to help tweak and refine the gameplay for the MMO, that is codenamed Class 4.
There is no release date set for either the arcade game or the MMO.