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Dead Island 2: The Kotaku Review
Dead Island 2 is a zombie hack-and-slash with an unnecessarily mysterious past. Its predecessor, Dead Island, established the series as a blood-soaked trough of B-movie sensibility, but a nine-year-long game of hot potato tossed sequel Dead Island 2 behind a curtain, obscuring it from the public after being announced, with Wizard of Oz bombast, at…
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Let’s Break Down Dead Island 2’s Gnarly, ‘Anatomically Correct’ Flesh System
Zombie-spotted action-adventure Dead Island 2 spent the last nine years pinballing between studios — original developer Techland, then Yager Development, then Sumo Digital, and finally Dambuster, which has ties to the TimeSplitters series in its former, ‘00s life as Free Radical Design. Recently, it gained enough speed to pick up a real release date for…
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Critics Love The New Dead Space Remake
Following its announcement in 2021 and a refreshingly open development period, EA’s remake of the horror classic Dead Space is out tomorrow, January 27 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. And reviews from various sites around the net suggest the remake is something very special, elevating the original while remaining true to what made…
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Days Gone Director Blames ‘Woke Reviewers’ For Game’s Middling Reception [Update: Studio Responds]
Update 12/08/2022 3:55 p.m. ET: Developer Sony Bend Studio has responded to the statements made by former Days Gone writer and director John Garvin, clarifying that it “does not share his sentiment” and that what he said doesn’t “reflect the views of our team.” pic.twitter.com/BgnMUgqyN8 — Bend Studio (@BendStudio) December 8, 2022 “Our studio is…