God Save Birmingham Preview: As if Surviving Medieval Times Wasn’t Difficult Enough, Now You’ve Got Zombies to Deal With Too

The zombie apocalypse seems like a known quantity in video games at this point, but God Save Birmingham hopes to throw the genre on its head. In my two half-hour sessions spent in the rotting village of Birmingham at PAX East 2026, I found that the medieval setting and timeframe, the hyper-dangerous infected menace, and the slow pace for scavenging and crafting do indeed make for a new sort of survival experience. It was buggy, as to be expected with pre-alpha builds at conventions, but very ...

By Ryan McCaffrey