Gamers Nexus has just started a cool contest in which you can win some really nice games from independent developers including our own Zombie Driver.

One of the ways how you can win this contest is by answering this question in an imaginative way:

Of these characters, who would win in a flamewar and why? (It doesn't have to be long)

a. An explosive firemage who dwells in the town of Torchlight.
b. A zombie-crushing schoolbus armed with flamethrowers and rockets.
c. A scantily-clad thief equipped with flaming arrows and the Trine.
d. A warband of drunken Nords with fire in their eyes.

We are sure that you all know the only true answer to this question so head on over to Gamers Nexus to enter the contest and tell the world how to properly use a zombie-crushing schoolbus armed with flamethrowers and rockets ;)

Steam has just launched a huge summer sale event -  STEAM PERILS OF SUMMER SALE. We have teamed up with the guys from Dejobaan Games, Llamasoft, Black Jacket Studios and Moonpod to create the excellent SUMMER INDIE ACTION PACK.

Now is your chance to buy Zombie Driver, AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, Gridrunner Revolution, Metal Drift and Starscape - all in one great package for just $19.99. That is more than HALF off from the standard price.

Our work on the next big update for Zombie Driver is steadily progressing forward so in the mean time we have added 5 new blood soaking avatars to the Official Steam Community Group. If you'd like to change your image feel free to take your pick. You can get them also in our download section and use as an avatar wherever you like.

Zombie Driver has been just recently re-reviewed in Thirteen1 - an online magazine for gamers. If you're interested to see what they have to say after our last update check out the latest Thirteen1 issue #26.

As for the update we can already confirm that we are hard at work on an another big piece of content for Zombie Driver. If you'd like to easily track the latest news from Zombie Driver you can join our Facebook Page, follow us on Twitter or join the official Zombie Driver Steam Community Group and you'll be notified instantly as soon as the news is available!

We have been recently experimenting with a new way of viewing Steam Leaderboards. As a result we have just launched a beta Facebook application that collects and aggregates all Steam Leaderboards data.

You can now check your own or your friends' online standings directly from within a web browser. We have also added a new feature called Global Leaderboard which sums the points from all maps for an individual player. We are very interested in hearing your feedback about this new idea and how you would like us to improve, expand or change any features. Head on over to our forums and let us know what you think.

A new patch that addresses the most common game stability issues as well as a few minor improvements is now available for download (Steam users receive the update automatically).

Change log for version 1.1.4
- improved HUD and menu text readability
- small menu layout fixes
- added build version info in main menu
- updated particles library to a newer version (improved game stability)

Change log for version 1.1.3
- improved game stability on some system configurations
- added support for non-english letters in Twitter messages

Change log for version 1.1.2
- fixed car selection in story mode

Is it possible to get free DLC for a 10 dollar game? Hardly... So how about free DLC for a 5 dollar game!?!

We are proud to announce a 50/50 one week special offer for Zombie Driver on www.zombiedriver.com, Steam, Direct2Drive, GamersGate and Impulse. 50% more gameplay for a 50% lower price. Along with a 50% price drop, we introduced a completely new game mode called "Slaughter". The update is available for free to all gamers that have already bought the game as well as to new players.

It features new arena based gameplay where the player is meant to survive for as long as possible from the incoming hordes of zombies while using weapons and his car on one of the 5 available specially crafted arenas. Exclusively for Steam users the game features online leaderboards and a handfull of 21 new achievements to unlock. On top of that Zombie Driver has been integrated with Tweeter and Facebook so if you have an account on either of those you can easily post your score on your blog or wall directly from the game. Check out the new video trailer showing some of the new features in action:

New Slaughter game mode features:
- Fight endless waves of zombies to achieve the highest score possible
- 5 unlockable arenas with different environmental effects
* Harbor - sunny midday
* City Center - foggy noon
* Park - warm dusk
* Midtown - night with projected headlights
* Suburbs - early dawn
- Upgrade your car on the fly
- Post your high scores to Twitter and Facebook directly from the game

The "Slaughter" update is now almost ready and will be coming early next week. We haven't posted any new media in some time so we prepared a few screenshots of the new maps that will be in the update.

All of the new maps have different lighting conditions that create a unique mood. We have also included one arena in pitch black night setting with dynamic projected car headlights known from the Darkness mod. You can also notice an improved combo system that now includes car explosion kills as well as fat zombie kills. There is also a huge list of other new features coming which we will list as soon as the update goes live.

As some have already noticed there is a batch of new Steam Achievements visible on the Zombie Driver's Steam gameplay stats page. They are not available in the game yet, but they are a good sign that we are very close to releasing the update.

There are 21 new achievements coming to be exact. Most of them have been created specifically for the Slaughter mode, but there are some that will be available in both Story and Slaughter. You can view the full list of achievements with their descriptions on the Steam Community page.

More news about the coming update will be announced soon so stay tuned.

The Original Soundtrack from Zombie Driver is now available for download from our site. It includes all in-game, menu and trailer music that was created for Zombie Driver. Also, it would be nice if you could leave a few comments for Pawel about the music. We are sure he'd love to hear the feedback.