Urban Strife seems to have begun development back in 2016 as a simple turn-based squad tactics game with zombies. We've been following the game for years, but it really began grabbing our attention when Bucharest-based developer White Pond Games started calling it an RPG last June. Even before the release of the underwhelming Dead State, there were many Codexers who couldn't stand zombie games anymore, but Urban Strife looks good, really good. I was originally planning to wait until White Pond launched the game's Steam page with a proper trailer before posting about it, but it looks like they're taking their time on that. The truth is that any one of the many gameplay snippets they've uploaded to YouTube over the past ten months will do. For example:


White Pond began taking signups for Urban Strife's private alpha on the game's official website a week and a half ago. Yesterday we learned that they plan to launch the alpha on May 14th, to be followed by a public "crowdfunded" early access build on June 4th. So if you like what you see, head on over there and check it out.