A post-apocalyptic gladiator arena filled with zombies, attitudes and armored war machines sets the stage for bloodsport in the upcoming Blood Drive.
Activision publishing has just officially announced the game, which will be infecting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this November. The following is courtesy of the official press release.
In Blood Drive, contestants must use their motorized death steeds of steel in a televised game show where drivers battle each other and hordes of revolting flesh eaters in an all-out fight to the death. Face undead frat boys, cops, strippers and bachelorette partiers, each with their own special brand of death and devastation. There are many ways to die.
While these rotting monsters wander the streets of a desert sin city craving sweet, succulent brains, your enemies have come equipped with battle-hardened armed and armoured vehicles. Heavily weaponized muscle cars, hot rods, and more tear up the streets. Amidst this gore-drenched mayhem, contestants must use their head or lose it!
“Over-the-top vehicular combat and zombies are two things that go great together,“ said David Pokress, Activision Publishing. “What more is there to say?”
Blood Drive features several gruesome events set up as tournaments in the game’s six unforgiving environments. Battling for top position is even more satisfying in multiplayer modes where up to four friends can drop in and out of the bloodbath at any time.
Now that the PR is over: Call me a cynic, but announcing a game just a couple of months before its shelf date probably isn’t a good sign. Gamers around the web have cried foul – this appears to be a bit of a Carmageddon/Twisted Metal hybrid with zombies thrown in for good measure. The screenshots sprinkled about this article don’t really stand out as anything new or interesting either.
Blood Drive will be available this November for US$49.99 (±R350). The game is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB – no surprise there. We’ll just have to wait and see if it measures up to the full AAA retail price.
