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New Gameplay Revealed for ‘The Walking Dead Onslaught’
Survios Inc. and AMC have revealed a brand-new gameplay video for their upcoming The Walking Dead Onslaught. The game’s project lead, Andrew Abedian, walks players through the Alexandria Safe Zone and the paths they can follow to rebuild the settlement, gain new survivors, and acquire access to gameplay upgrades.
The video also provides a detailed look at the game’s armory, which players can stockpile with new weapons to fend off the lurking walker threat across the game’s campaign and scavenger modes. At the armory, players can equip and upgrade weapons that best suit their personal playstyle, including melee weapons, shotguns, rifles, crossbows, and “iconic Walking Dead firearms” that you’ll be able to unlock as you complete missions and quests.
Also announced were the Standard and Deluxe Editions of The Walking Dead Onslaught, which are now available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store. Pre-orders will receive exclusive Sheriff Rick and Hunter Daryl skins, as well as the exclusive Golden Katana and Golden Knuckle Knife weapon skins. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the following:
- Full Game Download
- Digital Mini-soundtrack
- Digital Game Art Book
- Alexandria Crafting Starter Kit
- Iconic Show Weapons Pack
- PlayStation exclusive Avatar Pack
- PlayStation exclusive PS4 Theme
The Walking Dead Onslaught will be available for Steam, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR on September 29th. Physical editions of the game will be available in October at select retailers.
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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