Not content to release just Dead Island 2 and Dead Island Epidemic, Deep Silver has today unveiled yet another title in their popular zombie series. Escape Dead Island is on its way to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC this fall and will be unlike any of the games so far.
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Escape Dead Island is a single-player experience where you will play one Cliff Calo, the son of a wealthy media mogul. He travels to Banoi after hearing about the zombie outbreak from the first game and soon finds out things are a lot worse than he expected. The teaser trailer below shows that he won't just have the undead to contend with- he'll also be facing looming insanity.
Most immediately striking about the game is its new comic book-styled art. It's reminiscent of Borderlands or any other number of cel-shaded games and should give the game a much different feel than the last two.
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One major thing Escape Dead Island has going for it is Anne Toole, the WGA-nominated writer of The Witcher and Emmy-winning writer of Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Dead Island is not a series known for its strong narrative (despite what the trailers might falsly indicate) so for them to get such a well-respected and awarded writer on board shows they're really taking it seriously. Considering that it won't offer the fun of playing with your friends it really needs a great story to make it something special.
Pre-order the game through GameStop and you'll also get into a beta for Dead Island 2 next year. GameStop Rewards members have a chance to win a contest that will get one winner flown to Berlin, Germany to get digitally scanned and placed as an in-game zombie. You can't beat that, although thousands of Dead Island players will undoubtedly then beat the zombie version of you, with all manner of blunt and sharp instruments. Dead Island 2 is in development by Yager and scheduled for release in 2015.
"Building on the success of the Dead Island franchise, gaming and zombie fans are in for a treat with the launch of the new Escape Dead Island title," said Darron Nielsen, senior merchant for GameStop. "To celebrate the launch of the game, we have partnered with Deep Silver to offer a GameStop pre-order beta exclusive that will allow customers to get a glimpse of what Dead Island 2 will bring to next generation gaming platforms."
Keep an eye out for more on Escape Dead Island as it gets closer to its Fall release date, and check out the teaser trailer below!