The Last Stand: Dead Zone

Teaser poster

The Last Stand: Dead Zone is the fourth installment in the The Last Stand series. It was announced on January 16, 2012 via ConArtist's Twitter and Facebook page. According to ConArtist, the game is being made with Flash 3D, using the Alternativa engine.[1] The game has been in production for six months now, with only three people working on it.[2] It was said that the game is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game, the same type as that of the Warfare games.[3]

Production

Not much is known about this game. Several posts were made from November 1, 2011 to January 10, 2012 by Con Artist on Con Artist Games.com, which hinted at a sequel possibly involving Jack and HERC. The posts are as follows: 093vg00zsep15, dod-docref009aft, sortiereport-24, 022112-enhanced-jpg, op16201813208, or-2531, note, day-350, day-412-old-flyer and xyuxtihy. The game will be a Real Time Strategy game.

Info Files

From 21 January 2012 to 26 January 2012, a series of info files were released on Facebook. In order to unlock them, one has to press the Like button on The Last Stand Facebook page.

1. 21 January, 2012: Reveals the Fighter survivor class and the Survivor Morale mechanic.
2. 22 January, 2012: Reveals the Scavenger survivor class and Survival Resources.
3. 23 January, 2012: Reveals the Engineer survivor class and the Construction mechanic.
4. 24 January, 2012: Reveals the Recon survivor class and the Compound Security mechanic.
5. 25 January, 2012: Reveals the Medic survivor class and the Survivor Comfort mechanic.
6. 26 January, 2012: Reveals the Leader player character class and the Loot mechanic.

Weapons

Based on the images from the Info Files that ConArtist has released, the following weapons are likely to be in the game as of the fifth info file. The character types are best with these types of weapons, but can use others in the game also.

Fighter

1. M4A1 carbine
2. M24 Sniper Rifle
3. M249 SAW

Scavenger

1. Survival knife (Likely a Jimmy Lile "Next Generation" First Blood)
2. Franchi SPAS-12
3. MP5 Submachine Gun

Engineer

1. Sledgehammer - Improvised version made from a 2x4, a cinder block and rope.
2. Improvised handgun.
3. Improvised submachine gun.

Recon

1. Sledgehammer
2. Death Adder .45/.357 Magnum
3. Shotgun (Either Mossberg 500 SPX or Winchester Model 1300)

Medic

1. G17 Pistol
2. Hunter Compact
3. Scorpion Evo 3 A1 (?)

Gallery

• An after mission report.
• A report from the Department of Defence about the effects of a new type of bomb.
• A report about an airstrike on a city.
• A cleaned up version of the photograph attached to the previous report. The HERC logo can be seen in the bottom left corner.
• A recon report. The HERC logo is scratched out in the top left corner.
• "WITHDRAWL ORDER ALL PERSONNEL TO ABANDON POSTS. CIVILIANS ARE NOT TO BE EXTRACTED. ALL CIVILIANS TO BE CONSIDERED INFECTED."
• A note, likely written by Jack.
• A journal entry, complete with sketches (likely concept art).
• The first solid evidence that this was the fourth The Last Stand game. The code at the top of the flyer translates to "Deadzone" and the code at the bottom translates to "SURVIVING OPERATIVES UNION CITY HAS BEEN DECLARED A DEAD ZONE. HERC THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE."
• A view of 3 zombies by something equipped with a 30mm weapon, possibly an automated sentry gun. The code at the top right of the image translates to "Deadzone" with a Caesarian Shift of 6.
• Fighter.jpg
  Info File #1
• Info File #2
• Info File #3
• Info File #4
• Info File #5
• Info File #6

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Trailer

500px|Teaser Trailer

Links

• Facebook page
• Twitter post
• Info Files