World War Zfinally has a release date: July 11, 2025.
This release date has been long awaited, asWorld War Zhas had a long period from announcement to release. Even before the official announcement,Paramount Pictures, distributor for theWorld War Zfilm from 2013, registered a trademark for the title which included, “downloadable electronic game program, electronic game software, and video game cartridges/discs” leading to rumors of an adaptation. However that was in 2012 and it wasn’t until five years after we learned that deliberatelyinfectingyourself with terminal illnesses was the solution to the zombie outbreak that aWorld War Zgame was real.
Unfortunately the game isn’t about stabbing your veins with infected needles, instead it is about shooting and blowing up hordes of zombies. It was officially announced atThe Game Awards 2017, coming from Saber Interactive, and featured the familiar sights of zombie pile-ups made famous by the film. Afterwards we got somescreenshots, details on theHorde, those zombie pile-ups, moreimages, and Saber’s partnership withAMDto help with their multiplayer cooperative zombie shooter.World War Zis to launch withfive modes of play as well as varying classesfor players to utilize. Locations include New York City, Jerusalem, and Moscow, familiar locations to viewers of the film. The hordes of zombies seen in this game are reminiscent ofDays Gone, Sony’s first party zombie game that features a similar horde of zombies chasing after the player.
Turns out the PC version will also be a Epic Games Store exclusive, which was announced earlier this week. That’s another get for Epic, who continues to try and horde as many titles as it can to promote its store in comparison to digital PC monopolySteam. Epic has also been offering games for free as part of its platform, withAxiom Vergethe current free game. There was aslight hiccupinAxiom Verge’s rollout, however, as the game launched without a specific “Steam” file that caused it to crash. This was quickly fixed in an update the same day it was discovered.
World War Zwill come to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PCs via the Epic Games Store on July 26, 2025.
