Just got an email a bit ago from our friends at Deep Silver, chock full of new information about Dead Island: Riptide. First of all, that handsome fellow in the featured image at the top there? That’s John Morgan. He’s your fifth playable character, and he ain’t one of those “play this one level designed for this character” additions to the DI franchise. No, he’s one with whom you can play the whole campaign. A hand-to-hand combat expert who is a Marines drop-out and has been making a living as a cook on a ship, he joins the other four protagonists in the fight of/for their lives. One cool tidbit – this character was inspired by a fan-made hand-to-hand combat mod that was created for the PC version of Dead Island. Just another shining example of why PC developers should embrace fan-made content and modifications of their games. Those suckers know what they’re doing, by and large.
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Dead Island: Riptide Collector’s Edition?
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Jesse Lord
In a fit of genius, our friends at Deep Silver have created a survey to find out what you, their loyal fans, want most in a potential Dead Island: Riptide Collector’s Edition! Keep in mind that right now this is just a fact-finding mission for them, and it in no way guarantees that 1) you’ll get the items you want the most from the survey and 2) there will even be a collector’s edition released!
If you want to have your opinion known, go ahead and make with the clicking right about…… HERE.
I’m personally quite excited about Dead Island: Riptide and can’t wait to get back into the shoes of my favorite zombie slaying protagonists!
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First Dead Island: Riptide Details Emerge
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jesse Lord
Hot off the press from my fabulous Deep Silver contact, we have the first bit of information on the storyline and gameplay elements of Dead Island: Riptide. Our same four familiar faces play the main roles, with a fifth character, complete with a new skillset different than the others, joining the fray as well. The storyline is somewhat perfect for the horror-genre that this game comfortably rests within, in that the ending of the last game, where the characters start to finally feel safe, is just the beginning of an all-new nightmare. Continue after the jump for the full-on text detailing everything we know so far!
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Dead Island Developers Announce: Project Hell
Posted on August 30, 2012 by Joshua Rust
Techland, famous for that little game we know as Dead Island, has announced that they have a “side project” that they are working on to launch as a new IP – codenamed: Project Hell.
Project Hell started off as a weapon mod for Dead Island. It has grown into a side project that a dedicated team of developers are trying to bring to life in the form of a new IP.
Combining the fighting mechanics of Dead Island and adding magic (literally) we created a powerful mixture – a dark fantasy FPP hack’n’slash. We want to travel back to the times when enemies were really hideous and repulsive, the fights were brutal and bloody and the gameplay was challenging and rich with secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Designer and Project Manager of Project Hell had this to say in the official blog:
“Our main goal is to make a game we can all enjoy playing so don’t expect unicorns and fairies – we prefer breaking through hordes of undead minions only to slaughter their devilish and loathsome masters in a bloody boss-fight.”
Unfortunately for us console users, it’s currently only in development for PC. But, developer Techland said that could change depending on how the game received by everyone. Here’s hoping it is well received because it sounds like a bloody good time!
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Dead Island GOTY Edition Announced
Posted on May 22, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Deep Silver has just announced a Game of the Year edition for Dead Island, Techland’s immersive “jumping on zombie heads with friends” simulator. The GOTY edition comes with all of Dead Island’s DLC: Ryder White, Bloodbath arena, and “The Ripper” weapon blueprint. People residing in North America will be able to pick this up on June 26th. Everyone else will have to wait until the sixth of July. The Game of the Year edition will come out for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
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Dead Island DLC Giveaway
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
I don’t know why, but Thursday’s mortify me. It is unquestionably the scariest day of the week. The spooky mood this morning has inspired me to give out something horror related.
Alas, we don’t have any proper horror games. Instead, we’re going to shake things up a bit and give out DLCs. We have Steam, Xbox 360, and PS3 codes for Dead Island’s Bloodbath Arena and Ryder White DLCs. You will find these codes hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page.
Also, I should warn you know that the ghost of Archibald Yell is still occasionally haunting our steam group’s chat room. Ever since he was killed by a Mexican Lancer at the battle of Buena Vista, he’s been doomed to walk the Earth handing out copies of the Mount & Blade Collection…. You have been warned.
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