The reign of the undead is at an end. Dead Island Riptide drops to #2 in this week’s UK chart. Koch Media’s Deep Silver label keeps the chart sewn up though: it’s replaced at #1 by its rather better critically received stable-mate, Metro: Last Light. FIFA 13 has had a promotional boost up to #3, …
Zombie bad: Dead Island Riptide is the UK’s no. 1 for a third week running. That’s one week longer than its similarly sloppy predecessor managed. The only other game to manage three weeks in a row this year is Bioshock Infinite, which this week is at #6. Zombie good: Telltale’s The Walking Dead retail collection …
An abundance of gamers must have spent their Bank Holiday weekend bashing in the skulls of zombies, because Dead Island: Riptide remains the UK’s number one for a second week running. Injustice: Gods Among Us holds onto #2, Tomb Raider rises to #3, FIFA 13 is up from #7 to #4 and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark …
Comparing Riptide to the first Dead Island is like comparing Fallout: New Vegas to Fallout 3. It’s more of a glorified expansion than a proper sequel, retaining the look and feel of its predecessor due to some incredibly heavy asset recycling. The problem here is that Dead Island wasn’t much cop to begin with. The …
Sloppy sequel Dead Island Riptide has entered at the top of the UK chart, dethroning Injustice: Gods Among Us after just one week. Don’t go rolling your eyes just yet – Chart Track informs sales are less than half of the first Dead Island. Once bitten twice shy? Perhaps. The mediocre Star Trek at #4 …
Dead Island Riptide reviews are in, and for a second time running Techland has managed to divide the critics. Considering how rarely this happens nowadays it really is quite the feat. We’re talking about everything from The Official Xbox Magazine and GameCentral‘s duo of 4/10s to an 8.0 from GameInformer. Then there are the scores …
“Now that Riptide’s release date is fast approaching we need to sort out our boxart.†“Oh, I’ve got a painting I did at Sixth Form College back in the ‘80s that we can use. I was really into Rambo at the time.†“Yeah, that’ll do.” And that’s the story behind Dead Island Riptide’s awful, awful …