A five-acre corn maze near Portland, Oregon, has been crafted in the image of a zombie from the popular video game, Plants vs. Zombies.

Some 200,000 stalks of corn make up the maze, which takes the average person 45 to 60 minutes to navigate. Presuming they aren’t being chased by zombies, of course.

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time, was recently released for iOS as a free-to-play game.

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Games that are good for kids make the grade as students head back to school across the province.

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An Android and iOS game about downhill ski racing will be the first title from Unity Games, a new publishing program from Unity Technologies, the developer of software used to make games.

Freeride Ski Cross, coming later this year, is being developed at Roadhouse Interactive.

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Besides Microsoft and Sony releasing new consoles, it’s going to be a busy season for video gamers. Here’s a look at what’s coming in the next few months.

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Halo 3 ended with the humans and the Covenant forces signing a ceasefire, but in Halo 4 the two sides are again at odds. Spartan Assault tells the story of how that peace came to an end. You play as Spartan Sarah Palmer, who features in Halo 4 and was key to that game’s episodic component, Spartan Ops.

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