We know zombie killing games are all too common these days. If you’re not in the trenches whacking them with a blunt object, you’re shooting them with some kind of gun. Zombie Gunship takes on zombies from the sky. Zombies can’t touch you way up there, but you can sure touch them with an assortment of weapons. Zombie Gunship is $0.99 in Apple’s App Store.

One of the most common end-of-the-world scenarios is the Zombie Apocalypse. The feeling of despair and the image of flesh hungry zombies running amok. The ragtag band of survivors trying to fend off the hordes with improvised weapons. These elements have become part of a classic storyline, one that is now engraved in our minds.

This scenario is exactly what Dead Rising 2 is trying to capture. A small town crawling with the undead and a few scattered survivors trying to make it through the day. In this new entry, players are put on the shoes of Chuck Greene, who must survive for 72 hours, trying to defend himself and other survivors using everyday objects to make all kinds of unusual weapons.

If Smash TV and Left 4 Dead had a baby, Zombie Apocalypse would surely be the blister-inducing result.

The control scheme and general lay of the land will be instantly familiar to anyone raised on arcade classics like Robotron. Nihilistic Software’s effort is an unabashed love letter to those older games with some of the new twists on the zombie genre cribbed from Valve’s smash hit.

The nod to Left 4 Dead comes from the integration of special zombie types such as the “Puker,” whose constant stream of vomit slips and slows down your character, and the “Big Boy.” While you can wriggle your way from the grasp of most zombies by wagging the left analog stick, the construction garb clad Big Boy’s grip is instant death.