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Dead Island: Riptide coming April 23 in North America
Dead Island: Riptide will be arriving in North America on April 23 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Along with the release date info is news of a special edition that you can get if you pre-order the game from participating retailers. The special edition extras include exclusive weapon mods, a digital strategy map, and a unique character skin. Also here's the boxart! It's pretty cool looking.
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1:00 PM on 05.18.2013 NPD: Injustice and Dead Island lead sales in April[DC zombie sculpts by Casey Love Designs] The NPD Group released US sales data for April 2013 two days ago, but a complete lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Destructoid staff has delayed our posting it. Not our fault! Loo...
3:30 PM on 04.27.2013 Riptide and Star Trek co-op problems related to SteamYou've just picked up a game to play with your mates, and you're appropriately excited. Maybe it's Dead Island: Riptide, and you're preparing to slaughter a million zombies all in the name of good fun, or perhaps you're getti...
9:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Dead Island Riptide Steam codes unlock Dark SoulsDead Island Riptide customers in the UK and Nordic regions are discovering that retail PC copies of the game contain the wrong Steam codes. Redeeming these codes will give gamers a copy of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition i...
2:15 PM on 04.23.2013 Video Review: Dead Island RiptideDestructoid video reviews are back, sunshine! Kicking off with the recently reviewed Dead Island Riptide, we're offering a retooled format that aims to be wholly complimentary to the written piece. We give you the straight f...
5:45 PM on 04.22.2013 New releases: Don't Starve will be the end of youI'm a bit late with this week's new releases, as I'm still recovering from my wee sister's wedding, where I wracked up an ungodly bar bill. Your sympathy and donations will be greatly appreciated. It's a busy week, and...
9:00 AM on 04.22.2013 Reviews Elsewhere: Dead Island: RiptideDead Island: Riptide reviews went live in the graveyard hours of the morning, and ours totally didn't accidentally go up earlier, so don't go believing it did! I had review honors for Destructoid, and I wasn't exactly glowing...
2:01 AM on 04.22.2013 Review: Dead Island RiptideDead Island Riptide banks on you having really loved Dead Island. We're talking love to an unquenchable degree. Did you adore Dead Island, could you not get enough of its boundless slaughter and tropical zombie abominations? ...
8:00 AM on 04.09.2013 Dead Island Riptide screens have lots of green in themDeep Silver has squirted a slick offering of Dead Island Riptide screenshots for your viewing delight. Low on the zombie visuals, this latest gallery seems intended more to show off the tropical environments which, I can conf...
4:15 PM on 03.22.2013 PAX: Expect a 20- to 30-hour story out of DI: RiptideDead Island: Riptide might have a $50 price point, but that doesn't mean that it's skimping on the content. Sebastian Reichert, the game's executive producer, says that players can expect a 20- to 30-hour campaign. "It's...
1:15 PM on 03.22.2013 PAX: Dead Island: Riptide prods players to exploreSebastian Reichert, the executive producer of Dead Island: Riptide, thinks that exploration will be the shining star of the upcoming open-world zombie survival game. When asked what the single aspect of Riptide that play...
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| 9:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Dead Island Riptide Steam codes unlock Dark Souls |

Dead Island Riptide customers in the UK and Nordic regions are discovering that retail PC copies of the game contain the wrong Steam codes. Redeeming these codes will give gamers a copy of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition i...more
| 8:00 AM on 04.09.2013 Dead Island Riptide screens have lots of green in them |

Deep Silver has squirted a slick offering of Dead Island Riptide screenshots for your viewing delight. Low on the zombie visuals, this latest gallery seems intended more to show off the tropical environments which, I can conf...more
| 4:15 PM on 03.22.2013 PAX: Expect a 20- to 30-hour story out of DI: Riptide |

Dead Island: Riptide might have a $50 price point, but that doesn't mean that it's skimping on the content. Sebastian Reichert, the game's executive producer, says that players can expect a 20- to 30-hour campaign. "It's...more
| 1:15 PM on 03.22.2013 PAX: Dead Island: Riptide prods players to explore |

Sebastian Reichert, the executive producer of Dead Island: Riptide, thinks that exploration will be the shining star of the upcoming open-world zombie survival game. When asked what the single aspect of Riptide that play...more
| 11:30 AM on 03.21.2013 Here's a new Dead Island Riptide gameplay trailer, IDIOT |

Oh look, here's a new trailer for Dead Island Riptide. What are you going to do about it? Watch it, probably. Yeah, thought you might. Predictable. The latest video from Deep Silver does what you expect it to do. There...more
| 8:30 PM on 03.15.2013 Dead Island: Riptide shambles in with new screens |

Dead Island: Riptide has some new screenshots to show off, and you guessed it -- they have zombies in them. The screens showcase a few areas similar in theme to what we've seen before in the original game, including one brief...more
| 5:00 AM on 03.05.2013 Dead Island Riptide's pre-order content gets detailed |

Those that pre-order Dead Island Riptide will be given downloadable content packs. What exactly are in the packs? Here's the break down! DLC #1: The Survivor Pack BBQ Blade: Knife that you can set on fire or something XP/Sta...more
| 9:30 AM on 01.24.2013 Dead Island Riptide gets a nine minute gameplay video |

Deep Silver has seen fit to grace the realm with nine minutes of Dead Island Riptide gameplay footage. The game's not shown off much moving imagery yet, so this nice hefty chunk is most welcome! The pre-alpha footage shows o...more
| 4:45 PM on 01.15.2013 Deep Silver deeply regrets gruesome Dead Island statue |

Dead Island has turned heads since its very inception, but Deep Silver bit off more than it could chew today with its latest promotion for the series. The publisher received a torrent of negative feedback upon unveiling ...more
| 7:44 AM on 01.15.2013 Dead Island Riptide 'Zombie Bait' Edition is turbo gross |

[Update: Deep Silver's US department has wished to make it clear that Zombie Bait Edition is for Europe only, and will not be available in the United States. Instead, it'll only offer the previously announced Collector's Edit...more
| 7:00 PM on 06.15.2013 It's Deadfall Adventures Time! |
UPDATE: Deadfall Adventures will be $39.99 on PC and $49.99 on X360, not $60. Deadfall Adventures may seem like an Indiana Jones or Uncharted rip-off, however the game is doing the exact opposite: it is engrained in the ...more
| 6:00 PM on 06.15.2013 PS4's DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2 won't need PS Plus |
[Update: Seems there was a bit of confusion and PlanetSide 2 will NOT be cross-compatible between PC and PS4. DC Universe Online is a still a go for cross play, however.] As amazing as the PS4 conference was, Sony was able to...more
| 8:15 PM on 06.14.2013 My teammate shot me in Takedown: Red Sabre |
Takedown: Red Sabre should make tactical first-person shooter players happy. I'm not one, I've come to realize, but I gave it my best during a demonstration of this squad-based PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 game from S...more


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