Dead Island is an upcoming videogame being developed by polish developers Techland. They are famous for their games like Call of Juarez and Chrome. It will be released on Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It will be an open-ended game centered on survival. Main protagonist of the game has to find his wife on an infested island. Game is mainly played from a first person prospective. However, the developers are promising to that the game will not be just first person shooter game as it basically focuses on melee combat and ammunition conservation rather than a shoot ‘em up. The official website is still under construction. Techland is also working for Dead Islands PlayStation 3 version. In an interview Techland announced that they will soon develop a PlayStation 3 version.

Gameplay of Dead Island is mixture of First Person Shooter and melee combat. It will feature a sandbox style gameplay on a tropical island. The gameplay is separated by many loading screens. Dead Island features a multilayer damage system. While playing against the zombies there are various factions like military and bandits you can join in. Main zombies are George A Romero’s slow walking zombies, but there will be more then two kinds of zombie. In a melee combat you can pick up anything to use like a weapon. Firearms will be there but the ammo will be hard to find. According to the developers this step was taken to give game a more realistic survival horror feel.

Game starts as a recently married couple are to a vacation of their dreams but it is all get spoiled as there plane crashes to a remote pacific island. Adding to their woes that island turn out to be a zombie infested island. Mike Jennings is the name of the protagonist of the game. He lost his wife on the island now he has to find his wife as well as find out what caused the zombie outbreak. Other than zombies he has to deal with various human factions that inhibit island. Game is expected to be a good survival horror game. It will be released in late or mid of 2009.

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