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The rumours were right: forgotten Wii U exclusive ZombiU will rise from its grave on the PlayStation 4 next month. The game will launch on 18th August in Europe and North America as Zombi, where it promises to frighten an entire new generation of players via the PlayStation Store. Ubisoft's promising that the "nail-biting survival experience has been optimised" for Sony's new-gen system, although there's no word on how it intends to work around the missing second screen.

"Players will experience the original oppressive and intense elements that made ZombiU so innovative," explains a press release. "The bug-out bag is a necessary component for survival for each player as it contains all of the player's tools, inventory, first aid kits, maps, and more. With permadeath, players are faced with a death mechanic which puts them in the body of a different survivor each time that they die."

As with the Dark Souls games, if you bite the dust, you'll have the option to either reclaim your supplies or start scavenging afresh. But while this all seems like a nifty twist on the traditional survival horror experience, we're yet to be convinced that the game will actually make sense on the PS4. Indeed, there are already better undead adventures on the platform, so is an ageing port without its primary gimmick really going to attract that much attention? We're about to find out...