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Dead Island studio under fire after 'disturbing' blunder
Read More »More hot water for Dead Island
Tomorrow’s release Dead Island has got its developer Techland in trouble for the second time in a week, this time because of a hidden anti-feminist slur. On Tuesday it was discovered that the version of the game released for PC on Steam was actually a port of the Xbox code, …
Read More »Steam to replace mistaken Dead Island dev build
Correct version of the game 'to be released in the US today'
Read More »Dead Island app merges mobile and console play
Unique iPhone app used as tool for console counterpart
Read More »Dead Island trailer creators ‘wanted to shock, not offend’
Axis Animation discusses careful choices made when building a three-minute zombie video that rocked the industry
Read More »Dead Island reception thrills Deep Silver
Publisher Deep Silver has expressed its delight at the frenzy of activity that greeted the release of its new trailer for Dead Island last week. In the time that has followed the game’s Facebook page has attracted over 100,000 fans while the trailer itself has had over 2.7m hits on …
Read More »Dead Island animators ‘blown away’ by trailer hit
Much-discussed zombie video made with mix of CG and performance capture by Axis, Audiomotion, Digital Imaging and Savalas
Read More »OPINION: That Dead Island trailer
I want to start by saying something right from the off – I hate moral campaigners. I hate political correctness, I hate tabloid outrages, I hate the idea of game censorship. I was watching films like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street when I was (don’t hate my …
Read More »Games firms seek £7.5m damages from file-sharers
A cabal of games developers are planning to fine 25,000 British gamers for illegally downloading their software from file-sharing services. According to a report in The Times, five games firms – Codemasters, Atari, Reality Pump, Topware and Techland – will seek 300 from each of the 25,000. The firms are …
Read More »Developers demand £7.5m damages from file-sharers
Codemasters, Atari, Reality Pump, Topware and Techland to take 25,000 pirates to court
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