PC

Return To Dead Island With The Game Of The Year Edition

The Dead Island Game of the Year Edition, due out June 26 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, combines the game, both bouts of downloadable content and the blueprint for the Ripper weapon mod in one $US29.99 package.


March 30, 2012
In Real Life

Video Games: Let’s See Some Black People I’m Not Embarrassed By

I’ve never played as a black video game character who’s made me feel like he was cool. Worse yet, I’ve never played a black video game character who made me feel like I was cool. Instead, I’ve groaned and rolled my eyes at a parade of experiences that continue to tell me video games just don’t get black people.


March 16, 2012
PC

I Didn’t Know LA Noire Involved Smashing Zombies With Paddles

But apparently it does. Poor Cole. His suit looks a little worse for wear. At least he’s kept his hat in tip-top shape!


January 27, 2012
PC

Play The Villain In Dead Island’s Ryder White DLC

Check out the trailer for Dead Island‘s first significant piece of DLC, which is due out on February 1. Gamers will take on the role of Ryder White, the antagonist from the original experience, who dramatically crash-lands on the island.


January 17, 2012
PlayStation

Become The True Enemy In Dead Island’s Ryder White DLC

Now that we’ve experienced the horrors of Banoi island through the eyes of Dead Island‘s four protagonists, it’s time to get a little antagonistic. Villain Ryder White steals the spotlight in the next instalment of Dead Island downloadable content.


November 30, 2011
In Real Life

Germany Gets Around To Banning Dead Island

Zombie paradise action game Dead Island may have been out since early September, but it’s only now that the Germans at the wonderfully-named Federal Department of Media Harmful to Young Persons have got around to banning it.


October 13, 2011
In Real Life

The Only Way To Get A Male Gamer To Do The Housework…

ElMangosto’s special lady certainly knows the way to get him to pull his weight around the house: Dead Island and boobs.


October 7, 2011
In Real Life

Dead Island’s Concept Art Isn’t Sexy, It’s Scenic

For a game that, when it wasn’t paying big bucks for moody trailers wasn’t afraid to use rotting chicks in bikinis to sell it, this Dead Island concept art is surprisingly free of buxom walking corpses. Sorry.


October 1, 2011
PC

Dead Island’s Delayed DLC Should Get A New Release Date Next Week

September 30 has come and gone, meaning “Bloodbath Arena”, the multiplayer DLC due to those who preordered Dead Island (and those willing to pay $US10 after the fact) is officially delayed.


September 28, 2011
News

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.