<s>
Contagion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
for	O
PC	O
by	O
American	O
independent	O
studio	O
Monochrome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Zombie	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
mostly	O
self-funded	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
others	O
via	O
a	O
successful	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
an	O
Early	O
Access	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contagion	B-Application
released	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
as	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
title	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
as	O
full	O
release	O
on	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contagion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
focused	O
game	O
with	O
three	O
different	O
game	O
modes	O
;	O
Hunted	O
,	O
Escape	O
,	O
and	O
Extraction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panic	O
Objective	O
and	O
Panic	O
Classic	O
emulate	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
franchise	O
"	O
,	O
Zombie	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
Source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contagion	B-Application
is	O
distinguished	O
from	O
other	O
similar	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
features	O
"	O
Romero	O
Zombies	O
"	O
(	O
zombies	O
akin	O
to	O
those	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
Night	O
of	O
the	O
Living	O
Dead	O
series	O
of	O
films	O
by	O
director	O
George	O
Romero	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
Contagion	B-Application
does	O
not	O
feature	O
zombies	O
with	O
special	O
abilities	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
a	O
rare	O
riot	O
cop	O
zombie	O
wearing	O
body	O
armor	O
that	O
can	O
survive	O
significantly	O
more	O
damage	O
than	O
a	O
regular	O
zombie	O
.	O
</s>
