Infestation: Survivor Stories (formerly known as The War Z) was an open world zombie video game developed by Hammerpoint Interactive and published by OP Productions.

[3] Infestation: Survivor Stories was able to be purchased and played online without the need for an ongoing monthly subscription with free updates.

[7] Infestation: Survivor Stories was a zombie survival game where players endure the hardships of a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world.

[18] A reviewer for Joystiq praised the character personalization, saying there were more options than they expected and the gameplay would be easy for experienced gamers to understand.

[25] Eurogamer's Rich Stanton gave it 3 out of 10, calling it "a real disaster" and criticized both the game's design and the developer's ethics.

[29] In October 2012, executive producer Sergey Titov referred to spawn campers in The War Z as "faggots" in a forum post.

[30] A representative of the game's press team issued a statement saying that Titov has no prejudice against homosexuals and that it was just a poor and inappropriate choice of words.

[31] The cause of the suspension was the close resemblance of the game's name to the title of Paramount Pictures' then-upcoming film World War Z.

[32] On December 17, 2012, Hammerpoint Interactive launched the "foundation release" of the game on Valve's digital distribution platform Steam.

"[40] On December 19, 2012, a Valve employee stated that they would be investigating concerns raised by users about censorship and moderation on Steam's forum.

[41] The concerns were directed towards a developer of the game who was accused of banning Steam forum users unfairly for criticizing The War Z.

A user also proved that ban appeals were not looked over; instead, copy and paste responses were issued stating "We have evidence that you have used multiple hacks.

[43] OP Productions later confirmed that hackers gained access to several administrator accounts resulting in deletion of the forums database as well as the banning of "several dozens" of players.