
Predator, horde mode in Gears of War or, if you will, that scene in Starship Troopers where they hold out against like a million bugs. The aliens have a very “Zerg” feel about them, and from the looks of things, you’ll play co-op and fight of waves of aliens that gradually increase in difficulty, much akin to the old survival mode of the original Aliens vs. Imgur user smtkz has leaked a series of screenshots showing us what we can expect of the new mode, which is reportedly unlocked by completing the first five missions of the campaign. The “extinction” gamemode that everyone assumed would be Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ zombies mode, has actually turned out to be an alien hunting mode.

The trend continued with Black Ops and Black Ops II, but it now looks like even CoD has grown weary of the shambling undead.

Call of Duty 5 famously included the not-so-secret secret “Nazi zombies” mode, which, considering how tired the zombie genre is, was surprisingly well done.
