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Dead Island trailer hits net, Sands Resort reservations plummet
10:47 PM on 08.22.2007, Nick Chester 34 comments

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At E3 2006, I played a game called Dead Island on the PC, and it sure didn't look like this. But that's a good thing, because Techland looks like they're headed in the right direction with this open world zombie survival first-person shooter.

What's that? You don't think there's enough gameplay shown here to make any judgments? Come on now -- you should know that anything with the flesh eating dead is cool in my book. Yeah, maybe living dead-themed games are the new World War II, but who cares? You get to whack the walking dead with a crowbar ... in first person!

Xbox 360 and PC gamers can expect Dead Island in 2008.


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unstoppablejuggernaut's Avatar
unstoppablejuggernaut at 08/22/2007 22:54
That was so weak.
Ya know what they need?
They need some black zombies.
Yup a whole bunch of black zombies singing along with harry belefonte songs in there to draw some attention to this game cause if its as good as that trailer then this game is gonna suck and totally need blue eyed al sharpton to give it some love.
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Lightthrower at 08/22/2007 23:02
This looks as crappy as that Dragon Wars D-War movie, not that they are related of course...
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Lightthrower at 08/22/2007 23:23
This looks as crappy as that Dragon Wars D-War movie, not that they are related of course...
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SpencersGifts at 08/22/2007 23:31
Ok im gonna come out and say it, so is being black like the new zombie? lol
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demon_beast82 at 08/22/2007 23:33
Its sounds kinda like stalker but with zombies, so it might be good.
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madninja at 08/22/2007 23:44
Dead Island? That doesn't make sense. I also like the virtual farts at the end, this game must be good.
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Tubatic at 08/22/2007 23:46
No Black Zombies?!! That's racist man . . .
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 08/22/2007 23:56
Even the undead need to kick back and take a vacation every now and then.
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Tubatic at 08/23/2007 00:41
Wait wait, there are black zombies?!! That's racist man . . .
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SpencersGifts at 08/23/2007 00:47
haha it has begun!
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bluemeep at 08/23/2007 00:54
I thought he looked a little Latino, but maybe that's just me. The world would be a better place if we had some sombrero wearing zombies.
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poonster at 08/23/2007 01:00
Far Cry anyone??? anyone????
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poonster at 08/23/2007 01:04
i love black zombies, they remind me of the friendly neighbourhood crack addicts that i pee on at the subway station,,,Ahhhhhhh Good Times.
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Mxyzptlk at 08/23/2007 01:19
poonster, what's your avatar from? I know I've seen it before but I can't place it.
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Trevor McGee at 08/23/2007 01:33
@ Mxyzptlk

I'm pretty sure it's from Return of the Living Dead 2. His name is Tar Man, just a gooey decomposing zombie. He's cool though.
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Mxyzptlk at 08/23/2007 01:47
Thanks! I knew it was something I'd seen on cable late at night, but couldn't recall what.
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Tiff at 08/23/2007 02:35
YAY ZOMBIES
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Farktoid at 08/23/2007 03:54
Dead Rising 2 - Assignment: Miami Beach
Spring Break of the Dead
Silent Luau
Vacationing Evil
Zombies in Aruba: The Chunk Hosterman Story directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrel as Chunk. With Paul Rudd as rotting corpse number 7 and Seth Rogan as the Hopping Woman
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Justice at 08/23/2007 05:41
This looks pretty good, until that zombie showed up.
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brainderailment at 08/23/2007 06:21
Lame, hello kitty island adventure.
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Alaphic at 08/23/2007 07:02
Damn, you guys are harsh... The video was short, but I thought it looked pretty good. And let's be honest, who doesn't love zombies?
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digiwalsh at 08/23/2007 08:06
Resident Evil 5 > This
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 08/23/2007 08:46
Poonster's avatar is from Return of the Living Dead. Not part 2. This is my favorite zombie movie of all time though....


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Cowboy TTop at 08/23/2007 09:38
In a way I don't mind FPS games now having a crack at the zombie killing game. They should have put together a better damn trailer than this though. Learn to tease us better. Give us some comedy talking zombies or something.

Out of this and Left 4 Dead, the latter is looking much better.

Come on Capcom, give us a dose of Dead Rising 2.
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Myrmidon16 at 08/23/2007 11:18
eh. the enviroment looks good, but the trailer didnt really express the "dead" part of dead island.
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bluemeep at 08/23/2007 18:01
Tarman was in most of the Return movies, I think...
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darkslide at 08/23/2007 20:51
Tar Man, was in the first Return of the Living Dead movie. He is awesome, and is the only zombie I've ever heard say "Brains" that wasn't from a cheesefest of a movie.

The trailer looks decent, but overall left me thinking that they have a long way to go, seeing as they only showed off an empty setting, and one zombie. But the game idea is sweet, anything with zombies is great.
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Trevor McGee at 08/29/2007 03:18
Tarman was in Return of the Living Dead 2, of that I'm sure. It was just on a moment ago. If there were more than one Tarman in the Return of the Living Dead series, then that would explain it. I never seen the first one, at least as far as I can remember, but Tarman definitely was in RotLD 2.
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tehuberone at 12/27/2007 02:53
Good post!
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