Since its global launch nearly two years ago, NetEase’s zombie apocalypse survival game LifeAfter has seen a steady flow of new content and events, as well as a steady flow of new players, topping the 150 million downloads mark. It succeeded at offering an incredibly vibrant world with a realistic feeling of survival as you could partner up with other players to create safe camps and build these tiny little societies that all chipped in to fend off the constant zombie attacks. In a world filled with all sorts of free to play open world action games, LifeAfter offered something really unique in the space.
Well with nearly two years of updates under its belt, NetEase is really going all out for the next phase of LifeAfter. They’re kicking off a massive Season 3 update which fundamentally changes the game in a number of ways, making for the largest, most feature-filled zombie apocalypse survival experience yet. Season 3 is by far the largest update LifeAfter has ever seen.
First on the list of huge improvements is a new, massive, totally seamless open world to explore. All of the game’s maps are now combined into one huge map, and those original areas have been expanded in size too. You can now travel freely between the various biomes in the game, from the snow-capped peaks to to the dry deserts and everything in between. This new open world also comes with a new Structure System which means that other LifeAfter players can actually make an impact on t...