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Zombies continue to be the new black as far as game design is concerned. More games are using some version of the undead as its major theme. One upcoming game that has zombies as its central feature is Trapped Dead, a tactical strategy game where players encounter the infected during a visit to what appears at first to be a nice small town.

The game comes from German developer Crenetic and will be published by Headup Games with Meridian4 handling the game's digital publishing here in the US. Big Download got the CEO of Crenetic, Carsten Widera-Trombach, to answer our questions about the game which should be released sometime in the first quarter of 2011.

The zombie genre is an already massive one, and there seems to be no end to the amount of zombie games being produced. That doesn't mean a new one can spring up and surprise us, however. Trapped Dead is a tactical RTS that looks very similar to some other strategy classics, such as the highly-regarded Commandos. This trailer shows off the gameplay for the title, and we have to say that it looks almost exactly like the old tactics games of yore. Games like Desperadoes, Commandos, or Baldur's Gate. We're definitely intrigued by it, but we're cautious, since there's just so many zombie games now.

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Trapped Dead may be another zombie-based game but at least it seems to be an interesting one. This week publisher Meridian4 announced that it would have the digital download rights to the Headup Games-developed title with a release sometime in January. Furthermore a demo for Trapped Dead is due out in December.

The game, which was first announced last April, is a third-person isometric strategy title as two college kids encounter the undead while passing through a small town in the 1980s. Players will have to control the kids as they use a variety of weapons to battle the zombies.The game will also support co-op with up to four players.

German-based game developer Headup Games is perhaps best known to US audiences for its sci-fi turn based strategy game Future Wars. Now Headup Games will soon be released via retail stores in a new agreement with new US game publisher Collective Mindz.

According to the email press release, the agreement includes Headup Games' previously released product, including Future Wars, along with its upcoming zombie-themed tactical strategy game Trapped Dead that's due out in early 2011. Headup Games previously announced an digital download publishing agreement with Meridian4. Big Download contacted Merdidian4 and a spokesperson stated that the agreement with Headup Games is still active, saying, "We feel that the additional exposure the games will receive by going into retail will help everyone involved and will get these great games in front of a larger gaming audience."

[Via email press release]

Are you ready for yet another zombie game? Headup Games hopes you are. The German developer who recently released the turn-based sci-fi strategy game Future Wars go in a new direction for their newly announced title Trapped Dead, a tactical real time strategy game where you have to deal with the undead.

Set in the early 1980s in a fictional small town in Missouri, the game centers on two college boys who find themselves dealing with the local folk who have been infected with a zombie-like virus. The game will also support co-op for up to four players. The game's official web site is already up but it only shows a Flash-based trailer with a few screenshots. Trapped Dead is looking to eat you, er, be released this November.

Download Future Wars Demo (327 MB)

Earlier this year we reported that publisher Meridian4 had secured a publishing deal with developer Headup Games to released their titles over the next few years. This week the first game under that agreement, Future Wars, has been released. It's now available exclusively via Stardock's Impulse PC game download service.

The sci-fi turn based strategy game in the vein of titles like Advance Wars also includes support for mods including an easy-to-use level editor. The Impulse service is offering five additional levels for the game for free. It's also giving folks a 20 percent discount from Future Wars' regular price until April 13.

Download Future Wars Demo (327 MB)

This playable demo for Future Wars includes the first five missions from the full game. Future Wars is a turn-based strategy game similar to Advance Wars. It features 3D graphics, easy to learn gameplay, and an engaging plot.

Download Future Wars Demo (327 MB)

Last year, publisher Meridian4 released two games from developer Headup Games, Greed and Gear Grinder. Today the publisher announced they have reached a new deal with Headup Games that will make Meridian4 their exclusive digital download publisher for the next three years.

The first game under their new agreement is Future Wars, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game in the vein of the console title Advance Wars. The game will have a "rock-paper-scissors" style of gameplay but with a full 3D graphics engine. Future Wars will also have support for mods including an easy-to-use editor. There's no word yet on when Future Wars will be released.

This is the playable demo for Greed: Black Border, a sci-fi themed action role-playing game. As a bonus, the game's original soundtrack is free to download. Audio files are in MP3 format. Continue after the jump to watch the official trailer and for system requirements.

"In the futuristic universe of GREED, the discovery of new interstellar travel possibilities has led to a new age of colonialization. The five largest colonial powers are entangled in a full-scale war over a new element called Ikarium, the recently discovered rare source of nearly unlimited energy. As a former member of an elite military unit, you will fight a battle for your survival not knowing that your actions will lead the fate of all mankind into dramatic consequences..."

Download Greed: Black Border Demo (458 MB)
Download Greed: Black Border Original Soundtrack (97 MB)
Download HD Greed: Black Border Trailer (33 MB)