Dying Light's Nighttime Zombie Chase Almost Gave Me A Heart Attack
There are precisely one billionty video games out there that ask you to imagine what it would be like to survive the zombie apocalypse. But it's rare to find one that makes the setting feel like anything more than just morbid fun or creepy explorations. It's hard to inspire genuine, adrenaline-rushing fear. The kind…
I Can't Get Over How Pretty This Zombie Game Looks
These five new screenshots for Dying Light, Dead Island developer Techland's upcoming free-running zombie survival game, were released by Warner Bros. accompanying an announcement about the game's competitive "Be The Zombie" mode.
12 Very Impressive Minutes Of Next-Gen Zombie Parkour
Here's a 12 minute gameplay demo of Dying Light, Techland's free-running zombie survival game. It looks impressive, every bit the Mirror's Edge-meets-Dead Island thing that Stephen talked when he first saw the game earlier this year.
Watch Dying Light's Characters Free-Run Their Way To Safety
In a new trailer released this morning, you can get a glimpse at a free-running scenario in the newly-announced Dying Light, the next game from the makers of Dead Island. Stephen called
Surprise! Dying Light Is A New Free-Running First-Person Zombie Game
Here's the first big-budget big game surprise of the E3 season: Dying Light, a first-person free-running zombie survival game from Techland, the makers of Dead Island, slated for current and next-gen consoles (and PC) for 2014. Think: Mirror's Edge with the undead.
Hellraid Doesn't Look Half Bad for a Medieval Dead Island
Man... this trailer. Yes, Techland's 2013 first-person slasher Hellraid has a silly name
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Trailer Sings Us the Story of Silas Greaves
As we know
Six Critics Are Divided Over The Fun but Flawed Dead Island: Riptide
In Dead Island, the first-person hack and slash RPG, you went around a tropical island, punching, kicking, maiming and shooting zombies. In Dead Island: Riptide, you do the exact same thing. For some, this is enough—but not quite for others.
Dead Island: Riptide: The Kotaku Review
There are so many things so wrong with Dead Island: Riptide that I’m not even sure where to begin.
Can People Still Get Dead Island In Countries Where It's Censored? 'I…
Like the original Dead Island, the sequel, Dead Island: Riptide won't have a German release, because that country is really weird about depictions of killing video game zombies, who technically are not even human and literally are not real. The game's creative director was asked if he thinks Germans are still getting…
Dead Island: Riptide's Zombies Will Pull You Off Of Your Boat
Dead Island was a great game. It had its problems, sure, but there was something particularly wonderful about Techland's open-world, survival horror, melee-focused game.
Dead Island: Riptide Puts the Four Survivors Through Even More Hell
After name-dropping the Dead Island sequel
Born from a Dead Island Mod, This Game Looks Hellish
It all started with a weapon mod. Techland programmer Marcin Zygadlo created a Dead Island mod that started turning heads in the studio. "It was a proof that chopping monsters frozen by magic spells using two-handed swords is brutally fun and addictive," Techland dev Marcin Kruczkiewicz blogs. The mod made such an…
Sounds Like the Dead Island Folks are Working on a Mobile Version
A trademark filing for something called Dead Stop specifically mentions mobile phones. Techland, publisher of 2011's Dead Island, just applied for the mark. [Siliconera]
Dead Island Returns With Sequel to Hoodoo Your Voodoo
Dead Island, the zombie survival action game from 2011 that some hated and some couldn't get enough of, returns with a sequel, Dead Island Riptide.
Dead Island's Delayed Preorder DLC Should Get a New Release Date Next…
Sept. 30 has come and gone, meaning "Bloodbath Arena," the multiplayer DLC due to those who preordered Dead Island (and those willing to pay $10 after the fact) is officially delayed. It
Lionsgate is Making a Movie Based On the Dead Island Trailer
It doesn't get any more official than an announcement from Lionsgate motion picture group president Joe Drake; there will be a Dead Island movie, and it sounds like it will be the first major motion picture based on a video game trailer.
Dead Island: The Kotaku Review
This is the part where I'd try to artfully describe how I meticulously took apart a zombie with an electrified fire axe on a pristine beach, sky-blue waters lapping at my knees.
Dead Island Devs Push Back DLC, Refocus Energy on Bug Squashing
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Dead Island Nears 2M
Buggy, but fun hack-and-slash zombie role-playing game Dead Island shipped more than a million copies to stores in the first few days of release and expects to send out 2 million globally by the end of week, the publishers say. Of course, these aren't sold to gamers numbers, but it is still pretty impressive.
A Chance to Play Through Dead Island's Pre-Story?
This is sort of known, but I thought still worth talking among you fellow (few?) Dead Island fans.
Modders Unite to Fix the PC Version of Dead Island
The PC Version of Dead Island has had a pretty rough launch. First, the developers' code was accidentally released in place of the retail version
Selling the Zombie Apocalypse the Don Draper Way
The reviews are in
Dead Island DLC Shambles Forth Later This Month
Here's something I didn't know: Those who pre-ordered Dead Island got a code for free DLC, which includes the "Bloodbath Arena" and a weapon called "the Ripper." They just can't use the Arena until it releases for everyone, evidently.
Dead Island Maker Gives Leading Lady A "Feminist Whore" Skill
One of the unlockable skills for Dead Island leading lady Purna allows her to deal extra damage against male victims. It's called Gender Wars in the game, but the original skill was named "Feminist Whore." [UPDATED]
