The World of Warcraft, first released in 2004, is an early example of a video game in which an individual zombie-like creature could be chosen as a player character (a previous game in the same series, Warcraft III, allowed a player control over an undead army).
The World of Warcraft, released in 2004, represents one of the earliest video games where a single zombie-like figure could be chosen as a player character (a similar feature was available in Warcraft III).