Saber Interactive has today launched the Community Challenge update for their co-op zombie shooter, World War Z. As well as the introduction of the Community Challenge event, there are new Mutators, reworked Mutators, a reworking of Extinction mode and more. Watch the new trailer below to see more of this latest update…
Community Challenges are a new type of event where all players participate and contribute over a seven day period to achieve an objective. Rewards can be earned for those who have made the minimum contribution, and providing the Challenge has been successfully completed. These rewards are completely unique and not repeatable, with this first Challenge reward being a new skin for the MAG5 machine gun.
New Mutators arriving with the update are:
- Hot Stuff: A Juggernaut appears, taking no fire damage and setting fire with its attacks.
- Cluster Shells: Mortar shells are replaced with cluster shells that explode multiple times but deal less damage.
- Doppelganger: Get attacked by a zombie version of yourself.
- Fire-resistant: Zombies don’t burn and take no fire damage.
- Acid Spit: The Infector’s infestation does constant damage instead of turning you into a zombie.
- Effective Defence: Defence kits have increased ammo capacity and durability but are more expensive.
- Overprice: Defence kits cost more
Reworked Mutators include:
- Epilogue: When the final gates are attacked, gas is released that’s lethal to zombies (Now recharges after five waves).
- Sell-out: Defence kits are cheaper, but you will no longer find items.
- Taxes: Defence kits are more expensive but it’s possible to find twice as many items.
The Extinction Mode has been reworked so that it is now only available after completing any map on the Insane difficulty. Currently, there are two episodes available in the mode and completing either will unlock a reward, such as new skins for the Taiga-12 heavy assault shotgun, Hailstorm MGL and RPGL4 RPG launcher.
Finally, new customer portrait frames are also available to unlock from today.
The new Community Challenge update is available now.
