This Week in Gaming Week 3 delivers a slow release slate across genres: Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (zombie screening/management), Big Hops (3D platformer with tongue-mechanics), Hytale (sandbox RPG), MaSzyna (train simulator), The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon (RPG), and BrokenLore: Unfollow (psychological horror about social media). The piece notes a quieter week but variety in games spanning platformers, RPGs, and simulations.
'We Bury the Dead' is a horror-thriller set in Tasmania after a global catastrophe, featuring zombies that are portrayed as victims of circumstance, with Daisy Ridley playing a woman searching for her husband among the undead.
Black Ops 7 introduces a futuristic multiplayer with enhanced movement and new tech, along with the largest Zombies map ever, but its Warzone integration feels underwhelming with uninspired maps and delayed features, leaving fans excited for multiplayer and Zombies but disappointed in battle royale updates.
Disney+ is developing a new series based on the zombie-themed comic 'Afterlife With Archie,' created by Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, but it is unlikely that the original Riverdale cast will return for this new show.
Activision's Call of Duty: Next event on September 30 will showcase Black Ops 7 gameplay and updates, with viewers able to earn early beta access codes by watching on Twitch for an hour. The game launches on November 14 across multiple platforms, and the event will also cover Warzone news.
Black Ops 7 will feature a new Zombies map with each seasonal update, including a launch map called Ashes of the Damned and a returning Survival mode with the first map, Farm. While round-based maps will be plentiful post-launch, not every season will have a new one, but each will include at least one new experience, mode, or event, promising more content for Zombies fans.
Cronos: The New Dawn is a survival horror game set in 1980s Poland, where players manage limited resources to fight zombies and explore human nature, drawing inspiration from Resident Evil and Dead Space, and developed by Bloober Team.
A study shows that space stress causes human stem cells to become insomniacs and age faster, potentially activating dormant viral DNA that could turn cells into zombie-like states, highlighting health risks for long-term space travel. However, these effects are reversible upon returning to Earth.
Rockstar Games has introduced a new, larger zombie survival mode called 'Cayo Perico Zombie Survival' in GTA Online, set on the tropical island of Cayo Perico, featuring diverse undead enemies and new gameplay elements, available until September 10.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is a fun, '80s horror-inspired co-op shooter that offers solid Left 4 Dead-like gameplay with a gross horror aesthetic, open maps, vehicle mechanics, and a focus on zombie slaughter, though it faces some resource and progression system issues.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was revealed at Opening Night Live 2025, showcasing a new campaign set in 2035 with solo and co-op modes, innovative multiplayer features including Skirmish and near-future tech, and the return of round-based Zombies with new maps and vehicle gameplay. The game releases on November 14, 2025, across multiple platforms, with a free open beta from October 2-8. It introduces new characters, environments, and gameplay mechanics, including Endgame, a replayable endgame experience.
The article provides a detailed guide on completing the main story quest in the Zombies map Reckoning for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, including steps to obtain rewards, build key weapons and characters, and prepare for the boss fight, with options to choose between fighting Richtofen or S.A.M. for the final encounter.
Season 5 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 introduces the final Zombies map Reckoning, where players can obtain the Gorgofex Wonder Weapon by completing a series of steps including solving puzzles, charging the cyst with mushrooms, and defeating a mini-boss called Uberklaus. The weapon can also be acquired through luck with the Mystery Box or Gobble Gums, but the quest provides a guaranteed way to obtain it.
Activision is launching Season 5 of Call of Duty on August 7, featuring new maps, modes, guns, operators, and a crossover with the 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' movie, with upcoming details on Black Ops 7 to be revealed at Gamescom.
Techland previewed 'Dying Light: The Beast,' showcasing its open-world gameplay set in Castor Peaks, with improved parkour, combat, and a focus on Kyle Crane's transformation into a beast, launching on August 22, 2025, for multiple platforms.
