When ZombiU first released in 2012, it gave Wii U owners the rare opportunity to enjoy a genuinely frightening experience on a platform that, even three years later, doesn’t have a lot of options for fans of the horror genre. It’s been rumored that Ubisoft has been quietly working on updating the game for a multi-platform release, and now it’s been confirmed.
The new-and-improved Zombi will introduce a number of improvements, including a customizable field of view, improved controls, faster load times, and a new shovel and nail bat for crushing soft zombie heads, among other tweaks. Unfortunately, losing the extra screen provided by the Wii U’s GamePad, a required feature for the local multiplayer, forced them to sacrifice it.
“We decided to focus on the solo mode, as we believe this is where the ZombiU experience really lay,” says producer Hélène Henry. What’s more important to him is that they preserve “the general sense of claustrophobia, and not knowing what is coming next – at least for new players.
Zombi releases on August 18 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
