Age of Zombies

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Age of Zombies
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Developer(s) Halfbrick Studios
Publisher(s) Halfbrick Studios
BlitWorks (Vita)
Platform(s) PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, PlayStation Vita, Ouya
ReleasePSP, PS3
February 25, 2010
iOS
October 28, 2010
Android
June 28, 2011
PlayStation Vita
  • PAL: December 18, 2013
  • NA: January 14, 2014
  • JP: March 23, 2017
Ouya
July 1, 2014
Genre(s) Action-adventure, shoot 'em up, survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player

Age of Zombies is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed and published by Halfbrick Studios. It was released for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 and iOS in 2010, for Android in 2011, for PlayStation Vita in 2013, and for Ouya in 2014.

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Reception

The iOS and PSP versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the PS Vita version received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] [2] [3]

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