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World War Z

A cooperative shooter based on the license of a movie by the same title. The players are taken to a world overrun by a zombie pandemic and fight for survival in Moscow, New York and Jerusalem.

Action | TPP | zombie | Post Apocalypse | videos | TPS | co-op | shooters | Epic Store exclusive

World War Z Release Date

16Apr2019

PC PS4 XONE

02Nov2021

Switch

World War Z is a cooperative shooter designed for 4-player cooperation based on the license of a movie by the same title. The game was developed by Saber Interactive, also known for creating such games as TimeShift, Inversion and God Mode.

Plot

World War Z takes players to a world overrun by a zombie pandemic. Players take control over characters, whose primary objective is to fight for survival. The game features indirect references to the movie, however, seeing the move is not necessary to understand the story shown in the game.

Mechanics

In World War Z, players observe the action from the third-person perspective (TPP). The game comprises of three main chapters taking place in New York, Moscow, and Jerusalem. In each location, players control 4 characters with different abilities. As players progress through the game, they earn experience and unlock new levels that give them new abilities.

Similarly to the Left 4 Dead series, players have to traverse different locations, complete objectives, and eliminate hordes of living dead. A single horde can comprise even hundreds of zombies moving with extraordinary speed and able to climb each other getting to seemingly safe, high places.

Developers give at players' disposal an elaborate selection of firearms (that can be modified). Players can also fortify themselves – in selected areas, one can build a barbed fence, deploy mines and HMG positions.

Technical aspects

World War Z is based on the proprietary Swarm Engine that facilitates high-quality visuals despite hundreds of opponents present on the screen.

Last updated on 20 February 2019

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1-4  

User score: 5.1 / 10 based on 760 votes.

Pre-release expectations: 4 / 10 based on 349 votes.

PEGI rating World War Z

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains bad language. Game contains depictions of violence.

World War Z System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz / AMD A10-5700 3.4 GHz
  • 8 GB RAM
  • graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 650 Ti / Radeon HD 5870 or better
  • 35 GB HDD
  • Windows 7
  • Recommended:
  • Intel Core i7-3970 3.5 GHz
  • 16 GB RAM
  • graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 960 / 3 GB Radeon R9 280 or better
  • 35 GB HDD
  • Windows 10 64-bit
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