Dead Island Riptide: Zombie Bait Edition (Xbox 360)

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Also, a new playable character class, fresh gameplay mechanics and drivable boats plunge you ever-more into the depths of what’s really lurking behind the deadly zombie infestation…. With the industry’s attitude and representation of gender very much one of the hot issues of 2012, the reaction to the announcement is understandably likely to anger the more proactive parts of the games community. Reached for comment this morning, Deep Silver UK said they were looking into our questions and would be responding. We didn’t even have to be clever about this – blood and breasts in a bikini gave us all the free publicity we could have wanted!

All that noise attracted the anti-political correctness zombies, who love nothing more than snacking on the conceptual flesh of the complaining zombies, particularly when it comes to gender issues. After reaching the safety of a military ship, suddenly fate strikes, a storm hits and the horror and chaos comes flooding back into their lives. Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481. The “Rigor Mortis Edition” includes a zombie hula girl bobble figure, zombie arm bottle opener, bungalow key, a copy of the special edition of the game, extra DLC, digital strategy map, and it will all come in a replica suitcase. We wanted to provide a unique collector's edition that was utterly Dead Island and would make a striking conversation piece on any discerning zombie gamer's mantel," according to the prepared statement from Deep Silver sales and marketing director Paul Nicholls.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As far as we’re concerned the strangest thing about this story is the idea that anyone would want a 31cm tall statue of a headless and limbless female corpse (sporting a tasteful Union Flag bikini). Update: Dead Island Riptide publisher Deep Silver has taken to Twitter to apologise for its controversial bloodied, buxom bust collectible.

We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver’s entire international team today. The bikini was already peeled when I opened the box and the overall quality of the handwork painting is very poor. Already provoked by numerous events last year, they raised their zombie hands to the keyboards and slammed their opinions out on comment walls or blogs. Deep Silver UK has taken to Twitter to apologize over the lady's torso included in the Dead Island Riptide: Zombie Bait Edition announced this morning.The American market version of the statuette has the " Stars and Stripes" patterned bikini, while the European counterpart has a Union Jack pattern. We deeply apologize for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide "Zombie Bait Edition", the collector's edition announced for Europe and Australia. Alexa Game Control will work for North American players who speak English when it launches alongside Dead Island 2. The Zombie Bait edition, I think looks really cool and is something I'd really love to add to my collection. I believe it is very expensive for what it is but then again with it being a special edition I suppose they have to make there money somewhere.

All of this is embalmed in the ultimate Dead Island replica suitcase — the most iconic item from the original Dead Island. We deeply apologize for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait Edition, the collector's edition announced for Europe and Australia," reads the tweet. Set to come to Europe and Australia, the Zombie Bait Edition includes steelbook packaging, collectors’ artwork and weapon downloadable content in addition to a 12-inch statue of a bikini-clad torso with its head and limbs removed. Dead Island Riptide is getting a Collector’s Edition in North America and the contents were all voted on by fans.It was originally set for a 2016 release; however, the game entered development hell after the project was moved over from Yager Development to Sumo Digital in 2016. Like many gaming companies, Deep Silver has many offices in different countries, which is why sometimes different versions of Collector’s Editions come into being for North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Original story: The Zombie Bait edition of Dead Island: Riptide comes with a gory bone-protruding, armless and headless torso figurine of a woman wearing a Union Jack bikini. We’ve contacted Deep Silver to ask if it will cancel its plans to release the Zombie Bait Edition with the gruesome statue, but it has not responded.

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With no intact bridges or working boats, the survivors instead investigate a tunnel to reach a pier. When I got it however all i got for the collectors artwork was an A5 piece of card with a highly detailed piece of art.