Little-known game publisher Aspyr is right there in the creepy, lurking "zone" with Seropian. Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse puts you in the shoes of a zombie and lets the cheese-whiz fly with a superb set of brain-eating animations, over-the-top death-screams (of classic Carnby nature), and zombie-paced Halo-style fire-fights. Instead, it's clear his intentions are to play right along with the perceived cheesiness, lower class status, and silliness of such nightmarish creatures. And their lure is usually too great for gamers to ignore.Īpparently, Wideload President Alex Seropian felt that he couldn't resist the slow pull of the undead. Whether you grew up watching Night of the Living Dead or playing Resident Evil, zombies are the ever-welcome embodiment of B-class Western evil. No announcement has officially been made, but given the game is supposedly set to release in just over a month, it likely won't be long before a trailer or press release is published.In the buzzing, swirling minds of young game designers, one must know that the urge to create a zombie videogame is the ultimate force of evil. With games like Destroy All Humans and other popular games getting remakes for Xbox (which could potentially lead to sequels or full-blown reboots), it's promising to see a once dormant IP like Stubbs the Zombie also potentially making a grand return on modern Xbox consoles. The engine was obviously built for first-person shooters like Halo, which created some issues for the developer and led to extensive headaches when bringing on people who had never worked at Bungie. The original game was built on the engine for the original Halo as Wideload was founded by Bungie's co-founder, Alex Seropian.
It's unclear what work is being done on the game.
Stubbs the Zombie was previously on Xbox 360 through backward compatibility, so it is interesting to see that the game is getting an all-new re-release as opposed to making it backward compatible on the newer consoles. The port will reportedly be handled by Aspyr Media, who has previously ported Star Wars Episode I: Racer. An achievement list has also leaked with 36 achievements, totaling up to 1000 gamerscore. TrueAchievements is reporting that a leaked Microsoft Store listing indicates a remaster of the game is coming on March 16th for Xbox consoles. Now, Stubbs the Zombie (both the character and the IP) is rising from the grave. Related: Why Stubbs The Zombie Was Ahead Of Its Time The rights reverted to Disney, the owner of Wideload Games, and the IP has remained dead ever since. Destroy All Humans went on to spawn several sequels, but Stubbs the Zombie's sequel got canned somewhere along the way and developer Wideload Games shut down in 2014, squashing any hope. The two shared a lot of similarities, such as time periods, the way they mimic old-school films, and their irreverent humor. Stubbs the Zombie also came at a time when Destroy All Humans was also making a name for itself. Stubbs could use severed limbs to beat people up, eat brains, and even turn others into zombies, as well. It wasn't a big smash hit by any means but it had a level of charm that was found in few other games. The game was ripe with humor and played off of an old-school aesthetic, placing the game in an idealized version of the 1950s with robots and a glossy city. The cult-classic original Xbox game was an action/adventure game that placed players in the shoes of an undead man. Stubbs the Zombie is making his return to Xbox very soon, according to a leak.
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