We reviewed Killing Floor back in June of this year and gave it pretty high accolades.  In a world crowded with zombie and undead shooters, Killing Floor managed to set itself apart by offering new depth in gameplay and six player co-op.  If you still haven't dropped the $20 on the game, you can now get your hands waxed and ready with the full version for free this weekend on Steam.

You can preload the game now, and it should unlock later today, with it being playable until the end of the weekend.  Tripwire has even included brand new bonus content which includes three new maps, seven new weapons and twenty new Steam achievements. 

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Wal-Mart here we come!

Tripwire Interactive has announced it will self publish its six player co-op shooter, Killing Floor, in North America.  The game is set for a retail release "shortly" for the wallet friendly price of $19.99.  This is good news for folks afraid of Valve's Steam service or other digital distribution methods.  But really, there's no reason to be afraid, the scary digital monsters won't get you.

Be sure to check out our review of the game in the meantime.

Tripwire Interactive has announced the first piece of DLC for The Killing Floor on the PC.  The six player co-op shooter is getting a new campaign map called Foundry which pits players against the zombie like creatures in an old Iron Works building.

Two new weapons will be included, an AK-47 and a Samurai Sword.  Yes...a samurai sword.  This pack is being called the Heavy Metal pack and will be available through Steam soon.

There's also a premium piece of content coming that includes four new characters.  No date or price was given for this.

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We enjoyed Killing Floor, that's a fact.  But there were some issues with the game, mainly little nagging bugs that hampered our co-op experience from near perfection.  Today the floor is a lot cleaner thanks to a major patch released by Trip Wire interactive.   The patch fixes around twenty bugs and glitches, as well as adds a dozen or so features to the game.  

Don't believe me? Here's the full list.  And don't forget you have less than a month to enter the map making contest!

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If you read our review of Killing Floor, you know it's a pretty damn good co-op game.  But like any game of its type, you are limited by the amount of maps available.  Tripwire intends to do something about that, no - not by making maps themselves.  Instead they have launched the "Grindhouse Map Making Contest" with winners pulling in prizes worth a total of $20,000.

Prizes also including video cards, keyboards, mice and of course cold hard cash.  To win your job is to create a truly awesome cooperative map for Killing Floor.  There's two waves of the contest, with the first one ending July 31st, and the second ending September 18th.  

Perhaps this is a good opportunity to team up with a friend to create a truly awesome map, and then split the winnings?  That's co-op on so many levels!

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We all love zombies. Alright, some of us don't love them, but the desire to mow down zombie hordes is nigh universal.  With last year's Left 4 Dead, the zombie co-op survival genre was born, and was quickly reinforced by Call of Duty: World at War's Nazi Zombies mode.  Killing Floor, from Tripwire Interactive, liberally borrows elements from both of these games and a few others to create a wonderful co-op experience that feels instantly familiar, but becomes unique almost from the moment you take control.  With co-op for up to six players being the game's entire focus (its subtitle is "Co-Op Survival Horror", after all), genre (and co-op) fans are in for a real treat.

You'd be crazy not to!

Who's ready to mop the floor with some terrifying "Specimen" in the exciting new first person shooter/survival horror game, The Killing Floor? Oh, did we mention it was actually built around the bare essentials of co-op? Hopefully we have the attention of PC first person shooter fans, so here's the 411 on The Killing Floor.

Up to six players work together to survive the infected streets of London, with in depth character classes that spice up the way things are done. You'll have your standard classes such as medic, berserker, sharpshooter, et cetera. Work with all of these classes to ensure your survival against an array of infected "Specimens" that will undoubtedly have the upper hand.

As far as picking up this game, Steam has the countdown 'till release running on their website. If you buy before it's May 14th release, there's even a $5 discount in it for you! Pay it forward in a sense by telling 5 of your friends to pick it up to cover all 6 classes, and they can tell 5 of their friends!

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"Quick..everyone to Old Navy!"

I'm not quite sure what to make of a game with the title Killing Floor.  Is it a psychotic floor gone bad, hellbent on the destruction of humanity?  Perhaps a freak dance floor accident?  I'm really not sure.  Whatever the Killing Floor is, it's co-op, and co-op for six players at that.

Tripwire Interactive, makers of Red Orchestra, have announced that the website for Killing Floor has gone live and is loaded with details of this co-op shooter.  We know the basic premise of the game, much like Left 4 Dead, is to survive waves of zombies.  These zombies look a bit different though, for one, they appear to have lost their clothes.  They also appear to carry chainsaws.

The new site has a bunch of screenshots and more information on the game, which is planned to be released on Steam sometime this year with full Steamworks support, that means achievements!

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What's that you say?  House of the Dead, Left 4 Dead, and CoD World At War don't quite scratch your zombie itch?  We've got just the game for you.  Killing Floor is a total conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004.  Here's the description of the game from developer Tripwire's forums:

Tripwire Interactive is proud to announce Killing Floor, due for release over Steam in the near future. Killing Floor is a first-person co-op survival horror, set in and around London after a mad scientist’s “specimens” have broken loose and gone on the rampage.

Big Ben and braaaiiiiinsss?  Sounds like a winner.  In addition to offline single player, up to six players can co-op through the streets of London, blowing zombies away in unison.  Killing Floor is coming to Steam "in the near future".  We'll be sure to keep you posted!

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