Day of the Zombie is a shooter developed by Groove Games, released 6 March 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Day of the Zombie is
Day of the Zombie is a shooter game developed by Groove Games and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Land of the Dead was originally developed as a singleplayer PC game called Day of the Zombie, which had a four month development cycle and was ready for October 2004 release. Day of the Zombie was shown to Universal Studios around the time the movie Land of the Dead was being filmed in Toronto, Canada (where Groove is headquartered) - this is how the license was secured. The game was ported to Xbox, multiplayer functionality was added and environments were added to tie the game to the movie. But in 2009, Groove Games finally decided it was a good idea to finish Day of the Zombie and release it, even if the game has 2004 graphics. The story, which is the only new thing compared to Land of…
How it plays
Its themes are action and horror.
What it launched against
Day of the Zombie launched on 6 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2 and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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