Treyarch Has "Evolved" Zombies Since World at War

Tom Goldman

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Treyarch Has "Evolved" Zombies Since World at War



Treyarch is bringing zombies back in Call of Duty: Black Ops, but probably not the same ones seen previously in World at War.

In the past few months, zombies were all but officially confirmed to be making a return in Call of Duty: World at War [http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Black-Ops-Xbox-360/dp/B003JVKHEQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285626889&sr=8-1]'s Nazi Zombies mode.

What made this World at War mode so fun was the ability to team up with friends to just annihilate wave after wave of zombie attackers while defending an area. It also had a bit of story attached to it, though this wasn't exactly the main focus.

Treyarch recently alluded to Edge magazine that Black Ops' zombie mode will improve on World at War's, possibly with more story. "We continued to evolve [Nazi Zombies] after World At War," Treyarch head Mark Lamia said. "There was a dialogue going on with some of our hardcore community, and we were able to interact with the community and evolve. We did that with our zombie lore."

Treyarch could plan on keeping the "zombie lore" going, as Lamia looks back positively on interaction with fans. "I definitely think there's something very exciting about interacting in a live way, and being able to respond," he added.

Black Ops takes place decades later than World at War, but zombies potentially have an unlimited life expectancy and may have survived in an underground bunker somewhere, or some psycho just created brand new ones. We'll have to wait to know if they're connected or not until more information comes out on the upcoming mode in Black Ops, or until November 9 when the game is released.

Source: CVG [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=266875]


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The Critic

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Exactly how does one "evolve" zombies? I thought the whole point of a zombie was to find a way around natural selection....

In all seriousness, it sounds good, but I'll reserve judgement untill later.
 

SnipErlite

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Evolved as in gave them traits that aid survival?

Speedy zombies? Smart zombies?

....Oh god 0_O
 

The Critic

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SnipErlite said:
Evolved as in gave them traits that aid survival?

Speedy zombies? Smart zombies?

....Oh god 0_O
Maybe Speedy and Smart zombies? Wait, I'm getting ideas here...
 

Nurb

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People want that left 4 dead money bad enough that they'll work them into real-world based warfare games?
 

dududf

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Errr...

How do zombies evolve? What will they do? Fire laser beams out of their mouths when they roar?

Perhaps they mean they will add a multitude of new features to the mode as opposed to the zombies themselves.

Alternatively, iirc there was supposedly one more nazi zombie map being made and is to be released, so maybe that map will have a little of a explanation.

Although I'm not sure if development is still happening with that map.
 

KangKhan

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Maybe new creatures, like how Shi No Numa introduced Hellhounds.
Zombies that randomly fire off shots from pistols?
Maybe there will be zombie variations like what Left 4 Dead did
 

JWRosser

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I hope when they say more story they don't mean they've made a zombie campaign or something...
The thing that made zombies so fun was starting from the beginning and just killing wave after wave - not a detailed story map or progression...
 

icame

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We'll have to wait for exactly what they mean by evolved but as of now, this sounds good.
 

Numb1lp

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Still not too excited it's Treyarch and not Infinity Ward, but oh well. Every dog has his day.
 

Kapol

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I loved the original Nazi Zombies. It made me buy the map packs, and actually play WaW more then a little
 

theevilone4

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I believe that when they refer to evolving zombies, I'm almost positive they mean the game mode in and of itself, rather than the actual zombies.
 

KaiRai

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Maybe they'll learn to speak, and instead of you shooting them and them trying to kill you, we can have a chat and all live in harmony!



.....Till one smacks us and gets a PTRS bullet through the face.
 

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The Critic said:
SnipErlite said:
Evolved as in gave them traits that aid survival?

Speedy zombies? Smart zombies?

....Oh god 0_O
Maybe Speedy and Smart zombies? Wait, I'm getting ideas here...
They'd basically be ordinary people who happen to be dead.