Contagion (video game)

This article is about the 2014 game. For the 2007 game, see Coded Arms: Contagion.

Contagion
Contagion
Developer(s)Monochrome LLC
EngineSource
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseApril 11, 2014
Genre(s)First-person shooter, survival horror
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Contagion is a survival horror first-person shooter video game,[1] developed and published for PC by American independent studio Monochrome.[2] It is the spiritual successor to Zombie Panic! Source.[3] The game was mostly self-funded of its development, but with the support of others via a successful Kickstarter campaign, it was able to be released on Steam as an Early Access title.[4][5] Contagion released on October 25, 2013 as a Steam Early Access title and was published as full release on April 11, 2014.[2][6]

  1. ^ Evan Killham (December 9, 2012). "Contagion aims to save the zombie game genre from itself (hands-on preview)". VentureBeat.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Contagion". October 24, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Perry Vandell (September 10, 2013). "Contagion Kickstarter funded, a "spiritual successor" to Half-Life 2 mod". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Contagion - Co-op Zombie Survival Game". Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Craig Pearson (September 26, 2013). "Contagion Hopes To Catch Kickstarter Fever". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "Contagion - Update 4872 includes Barlowe Square "Extraction", Optimization, Hud updates, and much more". March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.