Dead Nation is a top-down shoot 'em up video game for the PlayStation 3 developed by Finnish video game developer Housemarque. It was released on November 30, 2010 in North America, and December 1 in Europe, on PlayStation Network. Dead Nation takes place in a fictional world afflicted by a zombie apocalypse. The player can play as a male or female character and fight different types of zombies. Dead Nation was one of the games given by Sony as part of their 'Welcome Back' package because of the PlayStation intrusion. In February 2014 a PlayStation 4 version of the game titled the Apocalypse Edition was announced. The Road of Devastation DLC was released at launch, while the main game was free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in March 2014.
