ZombiU is available to buy as a launch title of course, and Wii U owners initially expected the fantastic looking Rayman Legends to be joining that game as well. Unfortunately though, Ubisoft has had to delay the game until early 2013 instead and have somewhat disappointed further by failing to bring out a Rayman Legends demo at launch as originally planned.

The demo is still nowhere to be seen though, so gamers are probably wondering what is going on and if Ubisoft are actually having some issues with the game that they haven’t made public. In the meantime, Ubisoft has given the green light for a Zombi U demo to release first and a Tweet from one of the game’s developers confirms it will be going live on the Wii U eShop no later than December 15.

As you can see above, the statement is straight to the point so the demo will be happening one way or another before this date. It will give you the chance to preview the innovative survival horror shooter and see what it’s like first before buying. We said at the start that the game has been highly rated, but it is worth mentioning that not everyone has given ZombiU a glowing report.

Eurogamer awarded the game a 9/10, but IGN has gone the other way and only given ZombiU a mediocre 6.3/10 – a score which is likely to raise one or two eyebrows in the Ubisoft offices. For those that have purchased and played through ZombiU already – what are your initial thoughts on the game?

Do you think the poor 6.3/10 score from IGN is justified or not and would you recommend other Wii U owners to try out the demo when it releases? Hopefully we’ll have positive news regarding the missing Rayman Legends demo to share with you soon – hold on tight.

You may have even seen Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime unveil this recently on the Jimmy Fallon show, but we have some much more intimate gameplay for you to enjoy. Gamers have been crying out for a realistic zombie survival game for many years now and we’re pleased to see that Ubisoft are trying to deliver this with ZombieU.

The game features realtime elements to make each play-through unique to the player. For example, if you are biten once by the zombies, it is game over and you’ll have to start all over again as there are no save points during levels. What is interesting is that after you die, you assume the role of a new survivor and the previous person you played as, now becomes a zombie with all of your gear. You can then track down this zombie somewhere in the level and retrieve your gear in order to make your odds of survival much greater.

From what we have seen from this video, there are actually some very scary moments and one of the key design focuses for Ubisoft was to make ZombiU as less scripted as possible. For example, you’ll see in the video that during a second play though, zombies turn up in different locations, so they don’t always come out of the same place each time. You may enter through a door to find a new group of zombies and even running out of ammo will result in a game over screen.

It’s early days yet, but this is looking very promising for the Wii U and a great example of how third-party developers are already putting that touchscreen controller to good use. Does Resident Evil 6 need this kind of realism? After watching a recent RE6 gameplay demo, Ubisoft are almost putting Capcom to shame in their own specialist subject. Watch the action below in HD and let us know your thoughts on this.