Over a million players have flooded back into GTA Online to check out a new Call of Duty-like zombie mode

a group of survivors with guns
(Image credit: Rockstar Games)

Last week, Rockstar Games announced a new limited-time zombie mode for GTA Online that would see hordes of the undead let loose around North Yankton. This snowy town is from the beginning of GTA 5's story, a location that players haven't been let back into for a very long time (unless you could master a series of glitches to clip into the area). At first, players weren't quite sure what was in store for them, but now that the mode is out, it's clear that zombies are a recipe for success. 

The Lundendorff Cemerty Survival mode has completely outshone previous GTA Online events. Just over 400,000 players jumped back into the game to check the new mode out in the first 24 hours, according to GTA Online Stats. But since it released on October 10, an impressive 1,269,173 unique players have gone up against the undead. One Twitter user known for monitoring Rockstar games noted that this marked "a 270% increase over the player count for the Assault on ATT-16 mode during the same period." 

Assault on ATT-16 saw players take part in a multi-stage operation that largely revolved around the second-largest military ship to ever exits in a GTA game, the USS Luxington ATT-16. While that does sound quite exciting, it doesn't have anything on zombies. 

In The Ludendorff Cemerty Survival mode, players can team up to try and outlast waves of zombies, using anything they can get their hands on to help them survive, including power-ups, kind of like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombies. So far, it seems like the number of waves to beat is 15, but anything over 10 is good going. Plus, if you get into double digits, you'll win a Ludendorff survivor outfit, and if you somehow manage to beat wave 15, then you'll get the platinum achievement for the survival mode. 

"I played it by myself and only lasted seven rounds," one player says. "Difficult as hell but fun. Made me want to play COD zombies, lol." A couple of tips that are worth noting before you jump into The Ludendorff Cemetry Survival mode is, when all else seems lost, training zombies (gathering them into herds) is your best bet for survival, and the heavy shotgun will become your best friend. 

TOPICS
Elie Gould
News Writer

Elie is a news writer with an unhealthy love of horror games—even though their greatest fear is being chased. When they're not screaming or hiding, there's a good chance you'll find them testing their metal in metroidvanias or just admiring their Pokemon TCG collection. Elie has previously worked at TechRadar Gaming as a staff writer and studied at JOMEC in International Journalism and Documentaries – spending their free time filming short docs about Smash Bros. or any indie game that crossed their path.

Read more
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced screen - Trevor setting fire to somebody's big dumb truck
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced launch is going poorly or well depending on how you look at it: It's got a 'mixed' rating on Steam and is one of the most-played games
GTA 5 Enhanced
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced is a bitter-sweet return to Rockstar's money-making machine
no more room in hell 2
No More Room in Hell 2's 'biggest update yet' introduces weapon attachments, new level scenarios, and ensures players no longer spawn 'without a body'
Zombies attacking
The OG Dying Light is giving away its first DLC in more than 4 years for free, and it's very shiny
GTA 5
It's time we talked about how wild it is to be a pedestrian in GTA 5
Trevor's voice actor says he won't be in GTA 6, though would've liked a cameo where he got 'killed at the beginning'
Latest in Grand Theft Auto
GTA 5 characters
GTA 5 publisher takes legal aim at account-selling site for allegedly raking in 'millions in revenue', while recruiting hackers to keep its cogs turning
GTA 5 Enhanced
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced is a bitter-sweet return to Rockstar's money-making machine
Grand Theft Auto 5
How to transfer your GTA 5 save file to GTA 5 Enhanced and accept Rockstar's Online Policies if needed
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced screen - Trevor setting fire to somebody's big dumb truck
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced launch is going poorly or well depending on how you look at it: It's got a 'mixed' rating on Steam and is one of the most-played games
GTA 5 Enhanced Edition
What's the difference between Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced and Legacy?
GTA 5 money
The Grand Theft Auto series has now sold over 440 million copies, and say g'day to Rockstar Australia
Latest in News
Man facing camera
The Day Before studio reportedly sues Russian website for calling infamous disaster-game a 'scam'
Will Poulter holding a CD ROM
'What are most games about? Killing': Black Mirror Season 7 includes a follow-up to 2018 interactive film Bandersnatch
Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers
Sony, which is making a Helldivers 2 movie, is also making a new Starship Troopers movie, but it's not based on the Starship Troopers movie we already have
Assassin's Creed meets PUBG
Ubisoft is reportedly talking to Tencent about creating a new business entity to manage Assassin's Creed and other big games
Resident Evil Village - Lady Dimitrescu
'It really truly changed my life in every possible way': Lady Dimitrescu actor says her Resident Evil Village role was just as transformative for her as it was for roughly half the internet in 2021
Storm trooper hero
Another live service shooter is getting shut down, this time before it even launched on Steam