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Koch Media’s publishing label Deep Silver scored its first ever No.1 this week with Dead Island. Its victory marks the end of an aggressive campaign by Koch, which started with a cinematic teaser in February. We’ve handled titles that hit No.1 in the UK, but never where we acted as …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Dead Island is the new No.1
Despite a number of challenges in its first week on the market, Deep Silver’s Dead Island has capitalised on the hype it created earlier this year to claim the No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It triumphed despite the presence of four new entries in the …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e September 9th
Sony’s Resistance 3 leads the charge as strong force of new releases arrives on shelves from Nintendo, THQ, Deep Silver and more. The PS3 sci-fi FPS continues the series’ story of a 1950s alien invasion. The Chimera have established a firmer grip over the United States and its up to …
Read More »Techland to punish dev for ‘feminist whore’ code
Dead Island studio under fire after 'disturbing' blunder
Read More »More hot water for Dead Island
Tomorrow’s release Dead Island has got its developer Techland in trouble for the second time in a week, this time because of a hidden anti-feminist slur. On Tuesday it was discovered that the version of the game released for PC on Steam was actually a port of the Xbox code, …
Read More »Dead Island breaks street date
GAME Australia has tweeted this morning that Dead Island has broken it’s street date, and multiple retailers are now selling the title. The zombie/tiki first-person shooter was scheduled to land tomorrow, but is now being sold through GAME, EB Games and JB HiFi, with New Zealand’s major online videogame retailer …
Read More »Steam to replace mistaken Dead Island dev build
Correct version of the game 'to be released in the US today'
Read More »Techland investigating Dead Island PC concerns
The developer of Dead Island has said it is looking into claims that it released the incorrect version of zombie thriller Dead Island on Steam. Users of Steam’s forum highlighted some lines from the game’s code which suggest that the version available to purchase was actually a developer build. Furthermore, …
Read More »Dead Island app links to console title
Deep Silver has turned to the iPhone to sell a mobile tool that works in conjunction with the firm’s upcoming action horror game Dead Island. The Dead Island app allows customers to track their progress in the retail version of the game, as well as locate collectibles and track mission …
Read More »Dead Island app merges mobile and console play
Unique iPhone app used as tool for console counterpart
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