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Another standout Ubisoft E3 reveal, which is actually a complete reworking of the Killer Freaks From Outer Space<\/em> game shown during last year’s E3, is ZombiU<\/em><\/a> for the Wii U. There frankly haven’t been many Wii U games worth getting all worked up over thus far, but ZombiU<\/em> is definitely one of the early few.<\/p>\n

Sure, ZombiU<\/em> is yet another zombie survival-horror shooter, but this one actually does some pretty sweet stuff with the Wii U GamePad, from scanning environments, to cycling through the inventory, to physically brutalizing a zombie with a pickaxe by swinging the controller.<\/p>\n

Even cooler is the plot setup. The game takes place during a 2012 zombie outbreak in London, where players will fight for survival by embodying a new survivor each time they die. Then the player’s former character, now an infected brain eater, can be hunted down in order to recover previously scavenged gear.<\/p>\n

Multiplayer will also play out in a unique way compared to other FPS titles. One player will take the role of a Zombie Master, commanding a horde of zombies from a top-down perspective on the GamePad touchscreen, while a second player, armed with a Wii U Pro Controller, will fight to survive from the traditional first-person perspective.<\/p>\n

ZombiU<\/em> shows great potential to be a must-have Wii U launch title. Just cross your fingers it doesn’t fall flat like the equally hyped but ultimately disappointing Ubisoft Wii launch title, Red Steel<\/em>.<\/p>\n