Dead Island: Riptide

[therealjaxon]

So will it still go ahead then? Or is this some clever PR? Just wondering because before I wasn't particularly bothered but if its going to be a rare controversial item, be a nice addition to the collectors editions I already have.

[merman]

Well, good bit of marketing, got everyone talking about the game. The infamous reverse trailer for the original was clever, this statue and the German "ban" are just hype. Oh, and I love the quote about it being "one of the most successful games". Chortle, one of the most successful at glitching and riding the coattails of the zombie overkill.

[therealjaxon]

True, not exactly original is it

[One-armed dwarf]

If it's satire then I don't see it. The Venus de Milo analogue kind of becomes too vague and difficult to detect when you remove her head and reduce her to a mangled torso with a fantastic pair of tits.

[therealjaxon]

Deep Silver makes a real zombie killing machine, launches retailer promotion

Publisher Deep Silver has teamed up with a custom vehicle specialist to build a real-life zombie killing pickup truck.

It’s based on a Ford Ranger pickup and sports armoured windows, spiked wheels, a front barricade and even a rear-mounted mini-gun.

The machine will be appearing at a number of events and promotional shindigs. Those who spot the truck are invited to tweet pictures using the #RiptideTour hashtag for which they will be rewarded with unspecified prizes.

Furthermore, Deep Silver has promised retailers who construct the best Dead Island window displays a visit from the machine. Promotional packs can be requested at RiptideTruck@deepsilver.com.

“The truck is the perfect tool to help us push the Dead Island Riptide brand,” Deep Silver product manager Nick Turner stated. “Pickup trucks play a large role within the Dead Island series and we’ve brought this to life by building our own fortified truck.”
Video 1: http://youtu.be/CO0Y5GJjODQ
Video 2: http://youtu.be/68rboqKs8Ys

[therealjaxon]

Dead Island TV ads will reach 3.5m gamers

Koch Media’s TV campaign for zombie sequel Dead Island: Riptide will focus on male gamers.

A big TV push will reach 3.5m men between 18 and 34, while the broader activity will reach out to fans of the original game plus cult horror enthusiasts.

Ads for the game will also appear on cinema screens, key specialist and lifestyle sites and Riptide will be sponsoring a 12-hour zombie movie marathon in London.

“Dead Island has been a consistent performing line since its launch, recently surpassing the five million global sales mark,” said Koch Media UK marketing manager Peter Ballard.

“The Dead Island community is hungry for the launch of Dead Island: Riptide. Coupled with a killer mass-market campaign, we expect Dead Island: Riptide to be a ‘trend bucker’ once again.”

Koch Media is also embracing unorthodox PR activity including a zombie wedding launch party and a tour of UK shopping centres for the Dead Island truck and Zombie Killing Machine.

[therealjaxon]

Dead Island: Riptide Achievements revealed - What you'll need to complete to boost your Gamerscore

The list of Dead Island: Riptide Achievements has been posted online.


Dead Island: Riptide Screenshot The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game went gold last week ahead of the Dead Island Riptide release date of April 23, 2013 in North America and April 26 in Europe.

We went hands-on with the zombie sequel last month and you can get our impressions in this Dead Island Riptide preview.

The game features 35 Achievements worth a total of 1000 points, but how much each boosts your Gamerscore is currently unknown. Here's the list, courtesy of Xbox 360 Achievements:
•Achiever - Finish all quests in the game
•Mystery solved - Find all the secret files
•Obtain level 50 - Obtain level 50
•Obtain level 70 - Obtain level 70
•Siege Hammer - Install a total of 5 barricades during hub defense
•Dream Team - Complete all the main quests cooperatively with any number of partners
•The Collector - Find 50% of collectibles
•The Hoarder - Find all collectibles
•Professional Tourist - Find all pages from the guide book
•Twins - Kill the Twins
•News junkie - Find all the volunteer's voice recordings
•At Your Service - Rescue 20 NPCs that have been grabbed by monsters
•The Hurt Mine Locker - Kill 10 monsters with one mine
•BrainLess - Kill 50 monsters by smashing, decapitating or shooting them in the head
•Hurler - Kill 100 monsters with thrown melee weapons
•Bully - Kill 100 monsters with a kick
•Jetboat - Kill 100 monsters using the boat's speed boost
•Juggernaut - Kill 100 enemies using charge attacks
•Better than the arm - Kill 25 monsters with a chainsaw
•It's an Order - Mark 100 opponents which were then killed by your co-op partners
•King among Kings - Kill special enemies: Grenadier, Thug, Wrestler, Infected, Suicider, Screamer, Butcher, Floater
•Hunter-Seeker - Find and kill all named champion monsters located in dead zones
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement
•Secret Achievement - Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement

Why do they bother with secret achievements?? As soon as the game is released they're online to look at anyway

[PlatinumSpectre]

I think it's so you don't spoil the story for yourself if you look at the achievements.

[therealjaxon]

Good point and pretty obvious tbh - I should've thought of that

[therealjaxon]

So Deep Silver went ahead and shipped the Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait Edition regardless

“We sincerely regret this choice.”

Those were the words of a Deep Silver rep in January of this year following the backlash that greeted its unveiling of the Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait Edition.

For those who don’t remember, the SKU comes bundled with a bust of a dismembered female body. Or as MCV described it “a model of some tits on a mutilated female torso”.

Deep Silver’s response at the time was as follows: “We deeply apologise for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait Edition, the collector’s edition announced for Europe and Australia.

“For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island.

“We sincerely regret this choice and are committed to making sure this will never happen again.”

So sincere was that regret that Deep Silver has now gone on to release the SKU anyway. The game is out this Friday and reports are already hitting the internet of consumers who have received their Zombie Bait Edition, torso included.

So if the publisher doesn’t regret its choice, isn’t deeply sorry and isn’t fussed about it happening again, then what conclusion are we left with? That MCV and every other outlet that reported the news has been played?

A Deep Silver statement issued to CNet reads: "An extremely limited quantity of the Zombie Bait edition has been made available to some retailers for those customers who wish to purchase it"

£89.99 at GAME if anyone is still interested: http://www.game.co.uk/en/dead-island-ri ... ion-199790 - I thought about it but there's not much for £90 tbh.

[therealjaxon]

Just being careful I guess, there's worse in the game itself. I wouldn't mind it but I'm not paying £90 besides I prefer the suitcase edition.

[Mr Marvellous]

Guess what I got



Its bloody huge too, aprox 12" high by 7"wide, Its funny hell

[therealjaxon]

Cool man Still makes me feel quezy when I look at it though
Love the figurine display you got - any chance of sharing pics of those?

[Mr Marvellous]

Yeah I will sort some pics out.

[PlatinumSpectre]

booooobies!