Dead Island Definitive Collection

[Grim Reaper]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/...tion-announced

Dead Island Definitive Collection launches on May 31 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. It will include "fully remastered" and "greatly improved" versions of Dead Island, Dead Island: Riptide, DLC from both games, and a bonus game, Dead Island: Retro Revenge. It should be noted Escape Dead Island is absent from this collection.

Retro Revenge was recently outed in an Australian Classification Board rating. It appears Retro Revenge is a 2D side-scrolling beat ‘em up, based on a screenshot posted on All Games Beta’s Twitter account.


Dead Island launched back in 2011 and we thought it was pretty good. Our review compared it to Fallout 3 but with zombies. While still good, Dead Island Riptide was more of the same, with some graphics and performances issues.

In related Dead Island news, Dead Island 2 is still in development. It was delayed into 2016 and went through a developer change shortly after the delay. Dead Island 2 does not have a specific release date at this time.

[Derb]

I read the game is scrapped while they look for new devs to start over from scratch because Deep Silver wasn't happy with the final results of their cheaply cost dev team.

Just what I heard.

[Zivouhr]

An updated Dead Island for PS4? While I liked parts of the first game, I'd probably pass on an updated version considering Dying Light exists on PS4.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Derb

I read the game is scrapped while they look for new devs to start over from scratch because Deep Silver wasn't happy with the final results of their cheaply cost dev team.

Just what I heard.

Could be true, and at the very least DI2 is delayed till probably summer.

[sukraj]

I hope we all get to play Dead Island 2 next year.

[Kano on the phone]

must be a slow news day if we are posting rumors from African websites

[The Apocalypse]

Originally Posted by Kano on the phone

must be a slow news day if we are posting rumors from African websites

As opposed to other regional sites?

I've never played the Dead Island games, but if this is true, I might give it a go.

[Talal86]

Nobody asked for this

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Talal86

Nobody asked for this

Well Deep Silver does have the best gaming catalog starting with Ride to hell.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Talal86

Nobody asked for this

Could be said about a lot of these remasters, but it doesn't mean they won't try.

The 8th generation of gaming will be known as the "Remastered Generation"

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Edword

Could be said about a lot of these remasters, but it doesn't mean they won't try.

The 8th generation of gaming will be known as the "Remastered Generation"

A year ago, I might of argued.......

[morningtoke]

Another HD remaster? Cool news, I guess. If you have a decent enough PC then you're just better off grabbing it during a sale. The remaster will be the same as playing the PC version on high settings @ 60 FPS (and 1080p) but will probably be double/triple the price... I grabbed the GOTY edition on a Steam sale for like $7.49 I believe. I could see the remastered edition being $40.

Still, a fun game to play solo or with friends. I enjoyed Dying Light as well.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by Edword

Could be said about a lot of these remasters, but it doesn't mean they won't try.

The 8th generation of gaming will be known as the "Remastered Generation"

It's probably the first generation transition where the graphical quality upgrade is not close to revolutionary. And we are still plagued with framerate problems even without that revolution. And for a franchise like Dead Island, or, say, Borderlands, where the graphics were stylized to begin with, the step back in graphical realism is immaterial.

[Havok83]

confirmed and its a Collection

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/...tion-announced

[Pizzamorg]

So we get a Dead Island collection in preparation of Dead Island 2? That is nice of them.

[Captain Flint]

I'm glad this is coming out. I loved Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide. I'm more than excited to play these again on Xbox One. I'll be picking it up for sure.

[Grim Reaper]

i wonder if they will allow us to transfer our saves from the ps3/360 versions.

[Kirk Out]

Pre ordered

[Mobe1969]

Hmm, I wonder if the remastering will take it to the level near Dying Light?

Either way, I'm very, very interested.

[Grim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Hmm, I wonder if the remastering will take it to the level near Dying Light?

Either way, I'm very, very interested.

and i just bought these games off of steam during the sale.