Home
Become an editor or a contributor! Here’s how..
Zombies invade GTA 4 multiplayer
BY Jeremy Hill May. 5th, 2008 More on:

Can we go anywhere without zombies sluggishly lugging along? Of all places for the living impaired to pop up unexpectedly, I never would have thought Liberty City would be on their list. At least there are plenty of guns to take care of them. The zombies in question are actually players in the many multiplayer game types that GTA 4 has to offer. Topics have been popping up on forums about half naked zombies walking the streets. They are however sporting some yellow Rockstar branded underwear. Beat that Calvin Kline.

It’s not too clear what you have to do, or have done to you in order to become a Rockstar zombie. Some say it’s only for players who are insanely high in rank. Like level 10 in stars. I’m sitting pretty at only two stars right now so I would imagine you’d have to play for a very very long time to reach the highest rank.

This game sure is filled to the brim with secrets and easter eggs. Now I know theres got to be more things to uncover as we investigate every nook and borough of Liberty City. In regards to zombies, have we been had? Has anyone out there been a witness to this whilst playing online? If so, let us know how you disposed of the creature. Or how it disposed of you.

[See also: Grand Theft Auto IV gallery]

Sign up for our daily updates! Enter your e-mail and get fresh gaming news delivered straight to your mailbox once a day.
RELATED STORIES
 
POST AUTHOR
Jeremy Hill
More from this author
Jeremy Hill.

    1. Ronnie
      May 5th, 2008
      at 7:01 pm

      I’ve been keeping an eye out for these suckers ever since I heard about this. I want to kill one so bad. Do they make zombie noises, I wonder?

        Reply
      jack
      May 6th, 2008
      at 9:15 pm

      hahhhhhhhh, i am a zombie on gta 4 yes i am , its great

        Reply
      joe
      May 7th, 2008
      at 8:22 pm

      yea lol, im a zombie 2, i dont hav a clue how i got it, i shud b on rank 2 but cos the stupid fuckin thing dont seem to wana save my rank i only hav $700 and sumfin, 4 sum reason it saved my cash at that

      but yer the zombie, its gd cos ur different from other ppl, ive only ever ecountered 1 other person, but ther r shit loads mor ppl who hav the zombie, tbh tho it rele ent much special, cos ur jus like a normal person execpt look different

        Reply
      AlexKidd3490
      May 9th, 2008
      at 7:20 pm

      i have the choice of the zombie costume too.
      not that id actually use it.
      it cant be that HUGE or important because im only lv3..ive had top 10 rankings but i doubt that would b the reason.

      i would like to know either way.:)

        Reply
      wardo
      May 10th, 2008
      at 1:43 am

      I also got the zombie im only lvl 1 i just played it once and the next time i went on it said L1 for zombie at the bottom of the model screen and then its says L1 for clothes when you are a zombie

        Reply
      jerry
      May 14th, 2008
      at 4:59 am

      i have only been levels 1-3 for a few weeks (rank kept resetting) but now it seems the servers are improving, i’m at level 4 now

      anyway, i was in a game with my friend who recently became a zombie. the next day i noticed i could change to one too. so the best theory i’ve read, since it works for me, is that you kill a zombie and have the choice to become one

        Reply
      stepping83razor
      May 15th, 2008
      at 12:14 am

      hey guys ive seen it and ive been killed by it about 3 times this week..its really quick when its running..havent you guys noticed that?

        Reply
      Jeremy Hill
      May 15th, 2008
      at 1:06 am

      Man I never see any zombies. No matter how many games I play.

        Reply
      ETdancer
      May 15th, 2008
      at 11:31 am

      yooo bosses, im a zombie aye…. got it wen i was level 2. was layzed at the time anyways so yeh. sell it to yah….

        Reply
      Nathan Huneke
      May 17th, 2008
      at 8:40 am

      I’m a zombie too! I got it when I was level 2 but I have no idea how I did it. None of my friends have it.

        Reply
      JesterXIII
      May 17th, 2008
      at 3:44 pm

      I’m a zombie…and I got it at rank 1…but my friend who’s a rank 5 says he can’t be one…

        Reply
      wago.
      May 24th, 2008
      at 4:22 pm

      someone give me thier xbox360 live account so i can see u as a zombie plzzz mine is steroid rhino

        Reply
      George
      May 31st, 2008
      at 8:38 am

      i got it after i got the kill a rockstar achievement thing

        Reply
      sadisticon
      May 31st, 2008
      at 11:31 pm

      The Naked Zombie just gave me a ride. It was like being on a real scary date with a guy in a speedo who drives waay too fast and has no pupils. I tried to get a better look at him after the ride, but he up and disappeared!

        Reply
      crispychips07
      June 10th, 2008
      at 2:29 pm

      uhmm yeah i became a zombie today and you have to kill a zombie to become a zombie so you dont need a certain rank or anything just a good gun alot of health and not alot of health for the zombie because i think they have increased health or somet a read but i dont see no difference
      in my person and i also killed a developer today yay me sorry developer dont ask me who it was cause i have no ideai was to busy working out what i did so yeah cyas oh and zombies are only other players dressed as zombies so you aint on some weird date

      like some people think

      thats freaky, he must have been on some pretty messed up dates

        Reply
      KrymsonMourning
      June 13th, 2008
      at 1:31 am

      Yeah, I got it after I logged into a multi-player game and earned Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie (whacked a dev, I believe). The speedos are kind of crap, but the character moans like a zombie, so it’s a trade-off.

        Reply
      Paulio
      June 17th, 2008
      at 7:51 am

      I have only just recently bought GTA 4. And after an hour or so in a few free roam games, i came across a zombie twice. But both times they didnt “act” as if they were being controlled by another player. one was just runing around and as i approached made no attempt to shoot at me even. (they make funny noises when you shoot them.lol) And another just stood with a rocket launcher but still i was able to walk up and stab it to death. Is it possible that they are crandomly generated and just controlled by rockstar automaticly? that was my first thought anyway. probably wrong.lol.

        Reply
      goatbob
      July 1st, 2008
      at 1:39 am

      The zombie is just an option when you customize your online character. Hit L1 (ps3) and you’re a zombie. (You may have to reach Level 2 first. That’s where I first noticed it.)

        Reply
      Constantizle
      July 3rd, 2008
      at 2:34 am

      When you kill a zombie (some guy/girl his character in online mode) you can be one yourself

        Reply
      RONALDHINO_93
      July 10th, 2008
      at 5:54 am

      I FINALY KNOW HOW TO GET THE ZOMBIE!!!!!!!!!!!! all you got to do is to kill a zombie in DEAT MODE thats IT!!!!!!! if you want you can add me and send me messege telling me this and ill let you kill me……ADD ME MY ONLINE CRAP IS THIS

      RONALDHINO_93

        Reply
      Im a Zombie
      July 10th, 2008
      at 7:47 pm

      to BECOME A ZOMBIE all you have to do is KILL a ROCKSTAR DEVELOPER. I became a Zombie after getting the Xbox achievement ‘Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie’ which is kill a Rockstar developer

      BECOME ZOMBIE - KILL ROCKSTAR DEVELOPER

        Reply
      SquirrelKing (PSN)
      July 11th, 2008
      at 8:43 pm

      Well, I was still lvl 0 when I got zombie, so I guess I’m a Zombie is right.

        Reply
      celticbikerbabe
      July 31st, 2008
      at 2:19 pm

      The zombie “kill a rockstar” achievement is viral. Once a player ganks someone who has it, they get it. Then someone can off them and get it too. You aren’t really killing a rockstar developer, it’s kind of like 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon or something.

        Reply
      never you mind
      August 19th, 2008
      at 10:53 am

      omg!, no offence but all you people are retards…you get the zombie look after you killed a rockstar developer and get the rockstar acheivment you goons

      dont you know anyting…honestly

        Reply
      celticbikerbabe
      September 4th, 2008
      at 9:14 am

      never you mind:

      You are the one who is a goon. My post is correct. I have the achievement. When I go into a multiplayer game now, anyone who manages to kill me gets the achievement. So many people have tried to friend me thinking I am a Developer it is insane. It is actually kind of amusing, listening to everyone getting all psyched thinking someone from Rockstar is in the game, after I get killed once. Sometimes it gets annoying, though. People will go overboard going after you, ignoring the goals.

        Reply
      cained unable
      September 6th, 2008
      at 10:29 am

      celtic is correct - ive had the exactly the same happen to me, at FIRST it was probably set up so you had to actually kill a rockstar dev. to get zombie, then it was opened up a bit i.e by killing someone who has zombie already in multiplayer (as explained above)

      personally Im loving the new trunks.

        Reply
      Cotadz
      September 25th, 2008
      at 2:12 pm

      He He, being a zombie is amazing. all i do is run around killing people with a knife and make zombie noises. I dont know how i got it though, I dont really play the game that much.

        Reply
      sean
      October 4th, 2008
      at 7:35 pm

      how the fuck do you turn into a zombie

        Reply
      PostIt
      October 27th, 2008
      at 5:39 pm

      I just started playing multiplayer about 20 minutes ago and I’m a zombie. I’m pretty sure it’s because the first person I killed was a Rockstar employee who had the zombie change available to him. Sooo if somebody were to kill me, even if I wasn’t wearing the zombie skin, I’m pretty sure they would be able to change too.

        Reply
      mchapra
      October 31st, 2008
      at 5:35 am

      i am one they Do make zombie noises

        Reply
      KBB
      November 4th, 2008
      at 11:36 am

      I’ve never seen a zombie but I’m level 1 and can be a zombie.

        Reply
      Baf
      November 20th, 2008
      at 6:22 am

      If you would like to become a zombie, you’ll have to kill a Rockstar Maker. I am not sure how to recognise them, but youll urn a trophie called “let sleeping rockstar lie”

        Reply
      Baf
      November 20th, 2008
      at 6:24 am

      oh shit:P i have to read bether bevore i post!

        Reply
      ian
      December 30th, 2008
      at 6:49 pm

      i love zombies!

        Reply
      Tovarskater
      December 31st, 2008
      at 12:46 am

      i saw the zombie and i got shot by it i couldnt play after that i scared becuase i got shot behind me and i saw him take my money 2 i was mad and it was wierd i couldnt stop starring so im scared to play any more

      add me on add friend

      Tovarskater

        Reply
      Rod
      January 12th, 2009
      at 1:18 pm

      LOL@Tovarskater

      Are you serious?

      Back to topic, I’ve killed a lot of fucking zombies and I don’t have the zombie option? Maybe I didn’t make sure of it, I will after school.
      Add me.
      RodHeI.

      Have a nice day.

        Reply
      Skeptical
      January 28th, 2009
      at 7:26 pm

      lies.

      we both know its a mulitplayer skin.

      the lies must stop. now.

        Reply
      Demetalflem (gamer tag)
      February 19th, 2009
      at 6:10 pm

      the first time i made a kill on live i got the zombie costume. My first kill! it wasn’t a rock star developer.

        Reply
      Carlos
      March 18th, 2009
      at 11:30 am

      you have to kill a rockstar to get the zombie costume meaning u have to kill a level ten player !!!

        Reply
      UNKN0WNZ0M813
      May 22nd, 2009
      at 3:30 pm

      Wanna kill a zombie and get the outfit? Add me…

      GAMERTAG: bosshogg1977

        Reply
      UNKN0WNZ0M813
      May 22nd, 2009
      at 4:24 pm

      Sometimes when u kill people ur zombie will go like RAHHHHHHHHHHH!

        Reply
      UNKN0WNZ0M813
      May 22nd, 2009
      at 4:26 pm

      If u want zombie outfit add bosshogg1977 and play with him and he will let u kill him!

        Reply
      XBL = Dinosorz
      July 13th, 2009
      at 11:13 am

      To everyone :]
      i’ve had GTA4 since the 23rd of june. I’m rank 1 on multiplayer and i’ve played one free for all, one team deathmatch and exactly 2 party mode games with two people and my character is a zombie. if you want proof then add Dinosorz on xbox live and i’ll show you.
      so it can’t be for players with insanely high ranks. because i’ve hardly killed anyone.

        Reply
      Xeon
      September 15th, 2009
      at 2:58 am

      While I was playing cops and crooks I was chasing a guy. His car blew up and he jumped out and found a new one, that car caught fire too and when he jumped out he was a zombie

        Reply
      dazzies
      October 9th, 2009
      at 2:29 pm

      if you have the zombie costume please can i kill you

      PS3 online ID , dazzies

        Reply
      endragon
      October 29th, 2009
      at 3:07 pm

      as long as you kill anyone who is level 10, you will get zombie costume!~!

        Reply

    While we hate limiting conversations in any way, please note that insulting/abusive comments will be removed without hesitation.

    What shall we call you around these parts?

    Remains hidden from others at all times.