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 Adding zombies to your game is like putting a lowercase "i" in front of your product name. Marketing types think people just go for the one called "the iBlanket" or the racing game with zombies. While that might have been true a short time ago, I've become desensitized to these overused hooks -- there's also got to be a catch to wrestle away my dollars. That's what makes Sony's Dead Nation somewhat unappealing. Developer Housemarque (of Super Stardust HD fame) has no problem shoving hordes of undead freaks into this PSN game and giving me weapons to kill them with, but that's already been done to death. Come on, guys. Throw in some really cute demon kittens or something.
This longing came up as I demoed this well designed but ultimately vanilla twin stick shooter at Sony's E3 booth. As one of the world's remaining survivors during the zombie apocalypse, I made my way through a devastated city, pointing boom sticks towards throngs of monsters and ripping them to pieces. The list of weapons included the usual suspects: submachine gun, assault rifle, shotgun, grenades; and I snagged health packs by breaking boxes and vending machines.
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| Dead Nation debuts on PSN Nov. 30 | |
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It has come to my attention that you intend to launch a new downloadable PlayStation 3 game, dubbed "Dead Nation," on Tuesday, November 30 in North America (and December 1 in Europe). Based on what I have [..] Read complete article | | Published 15-Nov-2010 by Ludwig Kietzmann in BEANdead-nationhousemarqueplaystationps3psnq3-2010release-date
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| PSN Tuesday: Dead Nation rising | 
Family-friendly and family-defending titles are available in this week's PSN update. The friendly comes in the form of Funky Lab Rat, an action puzzler that uses that thing called "physics," which scient [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Nov-2010 by Alexander Sliwinski in playstationps3psnpsn-storepsn-tuesdaypsn-weeklypspsony
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| Dead Nation promises online co-op at launch | 
Tackling an inexhaustible undead force all by yourself just isn't a wise endeavor. Super Stardust developer Housemarque has announced that its PSN top-down scourge shooter, Dead Nation, will let two players meet in the place where barely human husks lun [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Oct-2010 by Ludwig Kietzmann in co-opdead-nationhousemarqueonlineplaystationps3psnshooterzombies
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| Dead Nation voice chat coming 'soon' | 
Saying that the developer "sincerely apologise that voice chat is not available in Dead Nation's online co-op mode," Housemarque CEO and co-founder Ilari Kuittinen writes on the EU PlayStation Blog that the zombie-filled, twin-stick shooter will [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Dec-2010 by Randy Nelson in co-opdead-nationHousemarqueIlari-Kuittinenonlinepatchplaystationps3sonyvoice-chat
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