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News UK Sales Charts: Dead Island Still On Top, Resistance 3 Holds Strong
Deep Silver's ambitious (but desperately buggy) Dead Island has topped the UK sales charts for the second week running, scooping up sales greater than any other title in the publisher's history -- in just two weeks
The co-operative zombie RPG is in fact outselling Resistance 3 on the PlayStation 3 platform alone — a title which still managed to...
News Dead Island DLC Delays Possible As Techland Focuses On Bugs
Deep Silver's warned that delays to Dead Island's DLC are a possibility as developer Techland focuses on quashing the game's well documented bugs
Chatting with Kotaku, a Deep Silver representative stated that the developer is working on fixes "across all platforms so that we can take care of all of the fans who have been so supportive of our...
News Dead Island Ships One Million Copies In North America
Dead Island publisher Deep Silver announced that it's shipped one million copies of its open-world survival horror RPG in the US -- in just one week
Moreover, the publisher expects to have shipped two million copies worldwide by the end of this week. "The critical 'first week' of game sales has been an enormous sales success for Deep...
News UK Sales Charts: New Video Games Are Finally Released
It's finally that time of the year where developers and publishers alike start to release new video games
This week's UK sales chart is evidence of that alone. It's dominated by the release of brand new titles with Dead Island, Wahammer 40K: Space Marine and Resistance 3 all taking spots in the top five. They're joined by relatively new releases in...
News Dead Island's First DLC Pack, Bloodbath Arena, To Debut Later This Month
Dead Island's first slice of DLC will debut later this month, developer Techland has announced
The Bloodbath Arena DLC pack will introduce four new maps with never-ending waves of zombies to battle. The DLC was first announced as a pre-order bonus, but will retail for $10 for everyone else. All XP and cash earned from the DLC will carry over to the...
News Dead Island Launch Trailer Features Amazing Music, Terrible Accents
There's a like to look-forward to in Techland's much hyped zombie slaying opus, Dead Island
The soundtrack, for one, is sure to be incredible after that debut trailer turned a few well-placed piano chords into a memorable riff. But there's also a lot to be worried about. While Techland is traditionally a forward-thinking and ambitious developer, it...
News Dead Island Comic Prequel Available From The Marvel Website
The zombie apocalypse is upon us
Just to get us prepared, Deep Silver has released a six-page Dead Island prequel comic. It's available exclusively from the Marvel website. The comic's been created by Marvel Custom Solutions writer William Dailey, along with artists Jorge Lucas, Juan Santacruz, Diego Olmos, Carlos Rodriguez and Sergio Arino. The...
News Latest Dead Island Trailer Demonstrates Co-Operative Gameplay
Techland has a history for forcing players into the roles of unlikable characters, and based on the evidence of this latest Dead Island trailer it seems like that's unlikely to change
Thankfully, the game itself does look like it's going to be ridiculously good fun — especially when played in four-player co-op. With a massive sand-box, dozens of...
News Dead Island Is The Latest Video Game Series To Get Its Own Novel
As more and more video game franchises get novels, it's unsurprising to see Techland's hotly anticipated Dead Island receive the treatment
The novel, written by British author Mark Morris, promises to give readers "a terrifying glimpse into the horrors thrust upon the four individuals who have unwittingly embarked on the ultimate holiday from...
E3 2011 Dead Island E3 Trailer Released Ahead Of The Big Show
Deep Silver and Techland's tropical zombie survival title, Dead Island, will undoubtedly be one of the biggest draws at E3, in part thanks to that massive reveal trailer released earlier in the year
Just to keep your hype levels tingling, Deep Silver's released an E3 trailer for the game. Catch it above.
News Dead Island Looks Nothing Like The Trailers, Still Kind Of Awesome
Let's get to the point: Dead Island doesn't appear to have anything in common with those heart-felt trailers the publisher has been releasing to promote the game
That's fine though, because what Dead Island actually is looks pretty exciting anyway. The eleven minute gameplay demo included after the jump shows off a bunch of the game's mechanics, and...
News Dead Island Trailer Is Really Sad, A Bit Misleading
After the last Dead Island trailer, the pressure's really on Deep Silver to maintain the emotional tone that caught fire earlier in the year
This latest trailer — which features some gameplay footage — manages to pull at the heart-strings once more, but we're starting to feel like the tone is a bit misleading. While the trailers try to portry...
News Being Pursued By Hordes Of The Undead Doesn't Look Particularly Pleasant
Have you ever pondered on a particularly restful holiday in the sun, "What would it be like if I was chased by a horde of zombies right now?" Dead Island gives you the chilling answer, from first-person perspective
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News Sorry America, You Can't Look At Dead Island's Logo
Dead Island's logo has caught the attention of North America's ratings board, the ESRB
The image — which depicts a zombie dangling from a tree — has been censored in the US. IGN reports that the change will only affect the game's cover art in North America.
News Techland's Dead Island Due Late 2011, Has "Heavy Focus" On Melee Combat
And just as we decide to post the game's amazing trailer, we get a gush of new information about Techland's resurrected survival horror title, Dead Island
First of all, yes, despite the initial mix-up, it is coming to the PlayStation 3. Publisher Deep Silver has slapped a late 2011 release date on the title. Unsurprisingly, Dead Island takes place...
News Literally Everyone's Talking About This Dead Island Trailer (It's Pretty Good)
When IGN started hyping up the trailer to a long forgotten game, we were a little dismissive
Long forgotten means not very good, right? Otherwise it wouldn't be forgotten. Turns out we've never heard of Techland's Dead Island before. Apparently it was announced in 2007. We don't remember so, yes, long forgotten is apt. But why didn't we report on...
