That's not a terrible thing, because for my money Dead Island – and by extension Riptide – nails what ... (her yell freezes you in place) and the drowner (he plays possum in the water) that ...

Despite (or perhaps because of) the furore caused when the announcement trailer bore little thematic resemblance to the original game, Dead Island: Riptide’s trailer is similarly melancholic.

Dead Island: Riptide probably should have been downloadable content. Even at its attractive price point ($50 on consoles, $40 on PC), there's not much evolution from the original Dead Island's ...

Dead Island Riptide allows players to import (or carry over) their character data from the first game (Dead Island). Otherwise, players start at Level 15 (with 14 skill points available from the ...

Dead Island Riptide is not that sequel ... only here you can't run over zombies and new Drowner-class zombies (who can run at full speed through water, while you can't even sprint in waters ...

Original Dead Island and sequel Riptide getting remastered versions in May for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game; 16-bit Retro Revenge also included. With 2013 drawing to a close, Johnny takes a ...

The embargo has lifted on the reviews of Techland's zombie-follow-up, Dead Island: Riptide. Is it silly-fun or just plain silly? Get the scores through the break. Dead Island: Riptide is out this ...

The soundtrack far exceeded the game's promise, which is why I was eager to see if Blaszczak would be able to capture that same delicate synth/instrumental mix in "Dead Island: Riptide." ...

And then, just like that, the promise is taken away. Dead Island: Riptide teases far more in its opening minutes than it ever manages to deliver across its lengthy campaign. There's no drama ...

Find out more about how we evaluate games and hardware. Dead Island: Riptide , the maybe-sequel or sort-of-expansionpack to co-op zombie RPG Dead Island, shipwrecks you once again – on a new ...

Techland's open-world zombie adventure was rife with game-breaking bugs when it launched in 2011, so we couldn't help but approach Dead Island Riptide with a healthy dose of cautious optimism.