Most times, when you stop hearing about a game in development, it’s dead. It’s kinda fitting, then, that a game called Zombie Playground—which we first wrote about in 2012!—hasn’t just reappeared, but is playable on Early Access.

Hopefully you've already heard about Zombie Playground, the art-turned-kickstarter-turned-game featuring yet another fresh take on the zombie apocalypse that actually feels fresh. Massive Black's game will pit grade-school kids against the shambling dead.

Back in 2009, Masive Black artist Jason Chan (who draws wonderful pictures and even Kotaku mascots) gave the world an adorable piece of art that, while not directly inspired by Left 4 Dead, certainly captured people's attention at the time. Mostly because it looked like a Fisher Price version of Valve's shooter.