THE urban zombie chase game 2.8 Hours Later will return to Birmingham in April.

In the 2.8 Hours Later world, created by game designers Slingshot, a rapidly depleting number of living humans are left.

Five years after the original zombie infection broke out, a devastating discovery has been made; a weaker strain of the virus has infected our entire species and, as a result, no children have been born in four years.

This epic street game will see participants join a resistance movement as they attempt to locate the last remaining group of uninfected children left on earth.

The only way to prevent humanity’s extinction is to reach them before someone, or something, else does.

The 2015 version of the game is called Ruin, which follows on from last year’s Survival, but this time round the quest is more urgent than ever as the existence of the human species hangs in the balance. To locate the children and bring them to safety, participants will have to leave their zombie proof headquarters’ and break in to a quarantined slum run by a brutal warlord and that is rife with the infected.

Armed with little more than a map, players will have to complete physical as well as mental tasks whilst evading the zombie hordes roaming the city streets.

They will have to infiltrate the warlord’s gang, evade police capture and carry out their search and rescue for the children.

Players will need to do all this without being caught by the rampaging zombies.

Characters within the game are played by convincing actors in full costume and make-up. Players who are ‘caught’ by the living dead will be marked with invisible ink signifying infection.

The game is now in its sixth year, with over 60,000 people having already taken to date. Simon Evans, who co-founded 2.8 Hours Later with his business partner Simon Johnson, said; “We visited Birmingham in 2012 and 2013 and as the game continues to grow in popularity we thought we’d bring it back to the city for an even more spectacular event.

“People are always looking for something that will drag them out of their comfort zone and “Ruin” will do just that. Adrenaline and fear will push participants forward but they’ll need to be careful not to let terror overwhelm them; you will need cunning as well as speed.”

He added: “This offers a unique chance for players to act the lead role in a zombie video game or horror movie. People tend to sign up as a team, but you can sign up individually. Our only restriction is you have to be over 18 to play.”

Tickets start from £38 per person and are available for April 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18.