First things first: happy new year! 2012 is upon us, and with it, the release of All Zombies Must Die! on XBLA and – as of today – PSN. AZMD!, the Arcade RPG with item crafting, four player co-op and a hilarious script to tie it all together is available now for 800 Microsoft points or £7.99.

If you need something in the way of persuasion, here’s what some of the press have been saying:

“The light hearted and humorous tone of All Zombies Must Die! makes it a very fun game to play. Not to mention that it’s a fun title that even non-gamers might find themselves playing.” Just Push Start.

“All Zombies Must Die! provides the kind of retro gameplay with a modern lick of paint that the Xbox LIVE Arcade was designed for. It’s a perfectly formed videogame experience…” Electronic Theatre.

“AZMD looks to be a fun little title to burn the midnight oil with and in all honesty, it plays quite brilliantly”. Destructoid.

If sending the undead packing back to their graves sounds like your cup of tea, give the game a whirl!

Until next time…

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!

Top Gun is finally released in the US today for the princely sum of $14.99. To commemorate the release we’ve uploaded a new YouTube video of the game’s Horde mode, along with some helpful annotations about how the game works. Enjoy!

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At the BAFTA Digital Distribution Panel, our studio head James Brooksby had a few things to say about how PSN allows us to have a closer relationship with gamers. It also goes into more general detail about digital distribution as a whole.