Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition cover art

Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition

A tropical island resort becomes a place of nightmares after a mysterious epidemic turns the majority of inhabitants into bloodthirsty zombies. As one of four playable characters, your goal is to complete…

26 June 2012

Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Techland, released 26 June 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified Sources: IGDB

What Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition is

Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Techland and released in 2012. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A tropical island resort becomes a place of nightmares after a mysterious epidemic turns the majority of inhabitants into bloodthirsty zombies. As one of four playable characters, your goal is to complete missions necessary for your survival, which means battling throngs of the undead with a variety of customizable weapons and finding a way off the fictitious island of Banoi. Dead Island features an open-world environment in a campaign that supports up to four players for drop-in, drop-out cooperative action. The two male and two female characters have different strengths and weaknesses, which can be offset to a degree by leveling up. Experience points earned in combat can be used to…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition launched on 26 June 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky and Pokémon Black Version 2.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Pokémon Black Version 2.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition — frequently asked questions

When did Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition come out?
Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition was released on 26 June 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

If you like this

Games like Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition

See all