Admittedly it’s taken much longer than it should have – for which we apologise – but the Burn Zombie Burn! DLC ‘Zombie Sushi’ will see the light of day. Ollie offered an update on the situation back in September, and this explanation still holds true. That said, the DLC won’t launch this side of Christmas, and we’re instead aiming for release around March.

I’m aware how frustrating this is for you trophy hunters, but hang in there! When there’s more news to share, it’ll find it’s way onto the blog here.

Back in March we talked about Burn Zombie Burn getting released in Japan and the Zombie Sushi DLC would follow suit. We’re now in September and where the hell is it? Good question but it has a rather complex answer. In truth, Zombie Sushi was basically done (from an art and design standpoint) in September of 2010. What was left was for a code pass to fix some bugs. The reason this still hasn’t happened is due to the other games in development, such as All Zombies Must Die and Strike Suit Zero, and until at least one of those games are done and out the door our management have put Zombie Sushi on hold for the time being. From a personal standpoint, as I scripted the levels in Zombie Sushi (as well as In Space and worked the core game too), to not see the DLC released is indeed frustrating but our other games obviously need the resources. With any luck, it will get sorted by the end of this year but we’ll keep you posted either way.

We’re happy to announce that there will be a Mac version of Burn Zombie Burn in May, followed by an iOS app version (for iPad, iPhone and iPodTouch) later in the year. For those curious, these ports are being handled by Kavcom on our behalf. In any case, we’re suitably happy that the game will finally find an audience on the Mac and other Apple hardware.

As for Zombie Sushi and the forthcoming patch for the original PS3 version of the game, this is still underway. However, due to the Japanese release, the subsequent regions are being delayed as the patch is the same across all regions, on account of the game’s global leaderboards. Once we have an update on its progress, you’ll be the first to know.

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has covered the upcoming release of Burn Zombie Burn in Japan on PSN. For those wondering what’s been happening with the latest (PS3) patch and Zombie Sushi; now that we’re going to be finally releasing the game in Japan we’ll hopefully have some happy news for our fans in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Just so people know, we’re in the final stages of sorting out a new patch for the Steam version of Burn Zombie Burn. Specifically, the addition of a 3D cross-hair (shown above) that allows you to aim more accurately when using the mouse and keyboard control setup (something that people have been asking for since it was released a while back). The reason for a 3D cross-hair over a 2D one is down to accuracy, as the camera angle caused issues with a straight 2D cursor. So the delay was due to creating a system that would work in the game world itself. With any luck, the patch will go live in a week or two.

The game’s fan-made FAQ, by Vyrastas, even has a special section dedicated to the exclusive club of gamers that have managed to 100% complete the trophies for the game (even linking a video to the moment one player managed to land the final “Friend of d6″ trophy, shown below).

Considering this is more than a little awesome, we’re going to start rewarding these skilled gamers with trinkets and virtual high-fives (more on this in the coming weeks). In short, keep an eye out for our future games as they may also contain a fiendishly difficult “Friend of d6″ trophy or achievement.

Now that the recent patch (v1.03) for Burn Zombie Burn has gone global, we’ve wiped down the online leaderboards again – as we radically changed the leaderboard setup in the new patch. However, do not worry as you can still re-upload your high scores stored locally on your PlayStation 3.

After much delay, the In Space DLC for Burn Zombie Burn has finally reached US shores. Priced at $2.99 the pack includes two new maps; Engine Room and Mothership Bridge, with a veritable panoply of levels and challenges attached to them. In addition, the US version of the game has been patched again – so even if you don’t buy the DLC you still get the all new Survival mode absolutely free!

Unfortunately, the In Space DLC for Burn Zombie Burn has been delayed a few weeks for its US release. We originally were told that the DLC would go live on May 18th, however this date has now been pushed back to June 8th.

In short, the DLC will definitely get its US release but just a little bit later than expected. Naturally, this is frustrating for us as well as our US BZB fans. All we can ask is if you can hold out just a little bit longer.