{"id":562686,"date":"2026-03-13T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:20:03","slug":"weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird West becomes overrun with zombies in the game&#8217;s first event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Over 400,000 players have played <strong>Weird West<\/strong> since its release on March 31, and WolfEye Studios is celebrating with a zombie apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right. The undead are rising from their graves, spreading across the land, and leaving a terrible sickness in their wake.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first in a series of planned live events for the game that will soon grow to include new story events, encounters, expansions and Journeys. In the video above, you not only get a look at the zombies event, but also a look at the planned roadmap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/weird-west-becomes-overrun-with-zombies-in-the-games-first-event\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 400,000 players have played Weird West since its release on March 31, and WolfEye Studios is celebrating with a zombie apocalypse. That&#8217;s right. The undead are rising from their graves, spreading across the land, and leaving a terrible sickness in their wake. This marks the first in a series of planned live events for the game that will soon grow to include new story events, encounters, expansions and Journeys. In the video above, you not only get a look at the zombies event, but also a look at the planned roadmap. 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