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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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masterledz at 08/22/2007 22:44
It's as if "Farcry" and "Dead Rising" had a baby. Good thing "State of Emergency" was revealed not to be the father after the paternity test.
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BlindsideDork at 08/22/2007 22:45
Very disappointed with this trailer....

Looks eh.
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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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