Rock of the Dead heading to Wii

- Epicenter describes the game as “Picture Typing of the Dead but with Guitar Hero guitars instead of a QWERTY keyboard”
- Shoot zombies/other undead enemies by playing on the guitars
- Some basic enemies only need 3-4-strum combos
- Some enemies throw projectiles at you (like knives/bombs)
- Enemy will continue throwing the projectiles until you defeat it
- There will be numerous enemies onscreen, so you need to type out combos to target specific enemies
- Larger enemies will require you to complete Guitar Hero/Rock Band gameplay (play notes to the beat of the background music)
- Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert modes
- Fret buttons, multi-button chords in hard/expert modes
- Players can drop in and out of co-op/competitive multiplayer
- About 5 hours to complete
- Can come back for high scores, branching path near the end of the game
- No licensed music
- Writer of The Witcher doing the game’s script
- $30 – $40
- Releasing in late spring/early summer

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