D3 Publisher and Lancarse (the latter being the dev team) will first use early access for its roguelike survival action title.

Here are the details by the publisher: „Designed for brutal strategic battles in a roguelike format, Ed-0: Zombie Uprising takes place in fictional Edo-era in Japan where hordes of hungry zombies have raided the isolated country. No dungeon run will be the same, so players’ judgment will be of the utmost importance, facing “once-in-a-lifetime” challenges with a wide variety of random elements amid dangerous foes.

Ed-0: Zombie Uprising includes undead enemies, ranging from “newly interpreted” Japanese zombies to foreign invaders born after the “Zombie Industrial Revolution.” Players will unlock more as they play (and succeed) with an increasing number of options to customize builds to their liking—with the opportunity to bump up the level of difficulty to test one’s capability.

The key features include the Zombie Industrial Revolution (this event induces zombie occupation in 90 per cent of the world in the early 19th century), isolating the country (the Edo Shogunate’s policy of seclusion completely cut off diplomatic relations with other countries. As a result, Japan was seen as one step behind civilization. Still, Japan succeeded in locking down against the threat of zombies), then opening it up (Japan was attacked by a foreign ship, arriving in Yokohama in 1853. The country had no choice but to end its 200-plus years of seclusion.).”

The game will launch for 20 USD/EUR via Steam Early Access. This build of the game will include „Two playable characters, with a third coming later in Early Access; over 10 hours of gameplay available right away; three main quests, five sub-quests, and three main bosses; over 100 skills and items; everything is randomly generated for every run; adjustable high degree of difficulty; countless surprises and unpredictable adversaries.”

Ed-0: Zombie Uprising will launch in Steam Early Access on April 4. No other platforms were announced.

Source: Gematsu