The walking dead may have taken their time ambling their way onto PC, but for a good reason. The Steam version of All Zombies Must Die! has been tweaked, tinkered with and transformed into the best version of the frantic twin-stick shooter yet.

All Zombies Must Die! combines twin-stick shooting with persistent role playing elements for a refreshing take on the well-worn subject of zombie slaughter. The fate of humanity rests in the hands of four unlikely heroes: Jack, the gamer; Rachel, the girl; Brian, the geek; and Luxo, the alien. Go it alone, or enlist the services of up to three like-minded chums to survive the zombie apocalypse.

The Steam version of the game addresses ‘zombie swarming’, with a new ‘treacle’ mechanic making it possible to wade through otherwise impenetrable crowds of zombies. Additionally, the gate-quest structure of the game has been re-jigged to improve the flow of play, making things less harsh towards the end of the game. As well as all this, the Steam version comes in tow with its own integrated leaderboards and achievements.

All Zombies must die will be available to download via Steam on March 12th.

Square Enix have today announced it has entered into a publishing deal with doublesix for the Xbox Live Arcade version of All Zombies Must Die!. The game is due for release this winter.

The spiritual successor to 2009’s Burn Zombie Burn, doublesix’s latest adventure, All Zombies Must Die!, sees the main character Jack living out his fantasies as a gamer in a town overrun by zombies. Packed with playful humour, All Zombies Must Die! fuses many gameplay elements to create a frenetic action-packed RPG shooter offering the player and up to three friends non-stop Zombie-killing mayhem. The game’s RPG elements allow the player to level up characters, complete comical side quests and collect items to craft new weapons.

James Brooksby, Founder, doublesix adds, “The studio has been working very hard on All Zombies Must Die! for some time; it is our most ambitious project to date and we are thrilled it will be in the hands of the public very soon. We are delighted to be publishing the XBLA version with Square Enix and look forward to working with them on the game’s launch.”