ZomibS (2011) (PS3/X360)

ZombiS is a first-person survival horror video game developed by Mojang Dallas and published by Mojang. It was released for the PlayStation 3 & the XBOX 360 in October 2011. In the game, the player assumes control of a human survivor amid a 2011 zombie apocalypse. Featuring a permadeath system, it uses the DualShock 3/X360 Controller extensively to scan the environment and maintain the survivor's inventory. The game was released under the name L.A Zombies for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 8D, and Xbox Series X/Y in 2023. The port, handled by RenderWare Interactive, adds new melee weapons and removes the multiplayer feature.

Plot
Approximately a hundred years ago, scientist Michael Shelby made what was known as the Green Prediction. Whitaker (an ex-army, no-nonsense man) prepares for the coming apocalypse, and a secret society known as the Ravens of Los Angeles researches Shelby's predictions in the 1940s to stop them from taking place, before being cut short by the George H.W Bush Administration. In October 2011, the Green Prediction begins to be realized in the form of an outbreak of zombies in Los Angeles.

After the outbreak, the player character is led to Whitaker's bunker, where he receives weapons, a bug-out bag, and the Whitaker Mechanism, a phone with a built-in scanner and radar. Whitaker, a Raven of Los Angeles, left the organization due to a difference in interpreting Shelby's prophecy. According to the scientist, Lost Angels would save the world; the Ravens thought that Shelby was referring to their organization, but Whitaker believed that he was talking about something worse.

The player goes underground while scavenging at the Los Angeles Convention Center and is contacted by Dr. Ryan, a physician who is trying to find a cure. He orders the player to find diaries and notes left by Shelby in exchange for scanner upgrades and a virucide, a chemical capable of killing the virus in those that are infected. This is done without the knowledge of Whitaker, who believes that a cure is impossible. After leaving the palace the player is led by Beckett to the remnants of the Ravens of Los Angeles and tries to escape with the player in a helicopter to the U.S. Bank Tower. A supernatural force makes a Southpaw latch onto the helicopter, making the helicopter crash. The player returns to Whitaker's bunker, and Beckett promises to save them.

In the bunker, the generator is running out of fuel and Whitaker tells the player to get petrol from a man named Gerald. The player finds Gerald, who has gone mad; he and his young child tell the player to go to a local nursery to get antibiotics for his wife. Despite Whitaker's protests (who thinks the player should raid the petrol station), he goes to the nursery; the staff and children have been eaten by a nurse, who became a ghost-like monster capable of teleportation. The player returns with the antibiotics only to find that Gerald has become infected and eaten his family, though he begs the player to kill him before succumbing to the virus, with the player granting his request.

On the way back to the bunker with the petrol, the player receives a distress signal from a young girl that she and her family are barricaded in a Macy's. Although Whitaker correctly insists it is a trap, the player goes to rescue her. The player is kidnapped by Boris (the self-proclaimed King of Zombies) and his gang, who force survivors to fight off waves of zombies in the church's courtyard. Boris' lights, microphone, and music attract a horde of zombies, and he and his gang are eaten whilst the player escapes.

The player has enough upgrades to collect Shelby's remaining letters for Dr. Ryan, who believes that he can now make a panacea. The player returns to the safe house, where Ryan reveals that the panacea is not a cure but a vaccine. Whitaker expresses profound disappointment in the player as he returns to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ryan has left his bunker for the queen's quarters to access data on a USB key. The player goes through the palace, only to discover that Ryan has been turned into a zombie, forcing the player to kill him. The player uses Ryan's eye to bypass a retinal scanner and collect the USB key.

They run back to the U.S Bank Tower as the USAF is about to firebomb Los Angeles and Beckett tries to keep his promise to rescue the player. This enrages Whitaker, who orders the player to leave the safe house and vows to outlive the Ravens of Los Angeles. After the player leaves, Whitaker (who has been using survivors to stock his food supplies) finds a new lackey to do his bidding.