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It’s Was The Night Of A Million Billion Zombies!! UPDATE 1/23/2009
Night Of A Million Billion Zombies, or simply known as NOMBZ, is made by Power Up Studios. Power Up Studios was founded by 2 ex Electronic Arts developers Bren Lynne and Matthew Rose. “With the express goal of debunking the common belief that it takes huge teams, tens of millions of dollars, and several years to create high quality, immersive 3D games.”
The NOMBZ public beta has recently been launched. The beta can be played with up to 4 players at once in a mega multiplayer zombie killing party. Once you’ve played the beta demo they would love for you to swing by their forums and let them know what you thought of the game, bugs, glitches, awesomeness, all that stuff.
UPDATE 1/23/2009
Ok, so I confused myself and screwed this whole news post up pretty much. Let me fix my wrongs here haha. SO, NOMBZ ONLINE is in public beta right now. NOMBZ ONLINE is the SEQUEL to NOMBZ: Night Of A Million Billion Zombies which was released in March of 2008. The original NOMBZ is only single player, while NOMBZ ONLINE is co-op multiplayer online. Check out the NOMBZ ONLINE BETA HERE! Sorry for the mix up folks! After you try the game head to their FORUMS and let them know your thoughts.
Read on for game info and some screens • 5 playable characters, each with unique weapons and abilities!
• 25 levels!
• Hundreds of zombie enemies, all hungry for your delicious human brains!
• A quirky and irreverent style!
• Music soundtrack featuring original and licensed tracks, including “Shoot The Zombies” by Songs To Wear Pants To!
• 3D game engine that uses PS/VS 2.0 shaders on high-end PCs, and falls back to fixed function rendering on low-end PCs!
• For Windows PCs with DirectX!
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The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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