Activision has been enjoying high sales numbers for just about every Call of Duty to hit the streets. The most recent rendition of the franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops is no different even going on to become on of the best selling games of all time. Well, just because Activision has already secured a ton of money from the initial sales of Black Ops, that doesn’t mean they are looking to slow up anytime soon.

Already Treyarch and Activision have released the First Strike DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops which gave players access to some brand new multiplayer and Zombie levels. Now, leaks have notified us that the companies are already preparing to release the second map pack for Black Ops dubbed Escalation.

As you can see from the above leaked promotion Escalation is set to be made available (in Australia, anyways) on May 5th and include several new maps including one new zombies level. While we can’t actually confirm the names of these levels just yet from the leak it seems that the multiplayer maps will be called Zoo, Hotel, Convoy and Stockpile with no name hinted for the zombies level.

We’ll keep you posted as we hear more information regarding the Black Ops Escalation DLC map pack.

If you haven’t been living under a rock you’ll know that the recent debut trailer for Dead Island stirred up quite a bit of interest. If you’re not familiar with Dead Island it will task players with killing zombies (of course) with an emphasis on melee combat  in a sandbox style level. The game’s developers have also told us that various RPG elements will be built-in along with the ability to craft weapons using various materials found around the island.

Well, if you’re interested in the game you’ll be happy to hear that some new screen shots have just been released for your viewing pleasure. To check them out, peep the gallery below and be sure to let us know what you think.

Deep Silver’s Dead Island is currently slated to hit store shelves sometime during Q3 of this year for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

While the first Dead Rising was fun, killing zombies over, and over, and over got a bit repetiative. Well, Capcom is looking to change that with Dead Rising 2 adding a whole slew of new features that are sure to have you coming back for more. The most prominent of said features in co-op which Capcom has confirmed.

This means that you will be able to team up with a buddy and slay zombies. What better way to bond than a harmless zombie slaying?

via cvg

Dead Rising 2 will be out for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on August 31st, 2010.

Most of the iPhone games currently on the App Store aren’t exactly the most full fledged games on the market today. However, one game in particular really stands out and that is Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies. I’ve yet to see an iPhone game that really stays true to its console counterpart better than World at War: Zombies.

Anyways, the first DLC map for the game will be made available tomorrow. If you play the real World at War you may know of Verruckt, the same map that will be ported to the iPhone. The iPhone version of the map will stay true to the console version with player perks, new weapons and more.

Unfortunately, the map is going to cost you an additional $5 which is pretty ridiculous considering the game itself costs only $10. If you’re willing to part with the cash, check it out.

via kotaku

If you’ve been following Left 4 Dead 2 you may know that the game was denied classification in Australia due to “living humans with a rabies-like virus” and “realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence” which smells like a typical zombie shooter to me, right?

Well, Valve has submitted the paperwork to appeal this decision but just in case the appeal doesn’t work they have also submitted a second, toned down version of Left 4 Dead 2 that reportedly meets all of the requirements to get a MA15+ rating.

Valve hasn’t said what they have edited as they do not even want to release this toned down version but chances are, it’ll just be a hallow shell of a great game that could have been.

via thatvideogameblog

A demo for Nation Red has now hit the web. DiezelPower Studios’ infinite zombie shooter puts you in an arena where you are pitted against several game modes with many weapons at your arsenal.

Nation Red is scheduled for release next week on content distribution services such as Direct2Drive. You can alternatively download the game directly from the official website right away.

I haven’t really heard much about this game until now, but from the looks of it, it doesn’t look bad at all.

You can download the 324 MB demo over at GamersHell.

Early this month we let you know that Capcom was gearing up to launch an iPhone/iPod touch port of their popular Resident Evil 4 title. Well, the day has come as the game has officially been spotted on the App Store for $7.99.

Despite its somewhat high price (for an app, anyways) this game is sure to be a hit because well, it is Resident Evil 4 after all, right?

via Joystiq

Valve has recently announced a patch has been released for their much loved zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. Don’t expect much from the patch as it’s mostly bug fixed but regardless it’s not available to download via Steam.

Below are the Left 4 Dead patch notes:

Removed the “Are you ready to play Versus?” confirmation

Fixed a crash when using mouse wheel or keyboard to select Campaign chapters

Fixed sv_steamgroup_exclusive servers advertising for public lobbies

Restored the ability to vote for a new campaign in Versus mode

Dead Rising 2 was absent from E3 due to concerns over the infamous Swine Flu. So, the next logical place it would show up would be PAX, right? Nope, it seems that Dead Rising 2 will in fact be absent from PAX just as it was E3 with its next public showing slated for the Tokyo Game Show set to take place in September.

Joystiq proceeded to contact a Capcom representative for comment but all they got in return was to look out for the game during the Tokyo Game Show. Bummer.

Dead Rising 2 will be out for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on March 21st, 2010.

I continue to be amazed at the sheer number of World War II based shooters that can be put onto the market and still perform well. There have been countless digital reenactments of almost every important battle in the entire conflict yet it seems that gamers aren’t sick of them yet. Despite being jaded about the genre, I admit to being somewhat interested in Call of Duty: World of War.

Everyone else is too it seems because Treyarch announced that in the first weekend the second map pack was downloaded over a million times. The $9.99 content pack contains four maps, including Shi No Numa. Yes, that’s right, it’s another zombie level. That’s got a lot to do with the appeal of this game for many I’m guessing. If you’re unfamiliar with the mode, it’s an online co-op mode similar to the Gears of War horde mode where players face wave after wave of enemies, only this time they’re a combination of two popular video game enemies: Nazis and zombies.