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Hey, it's another game with zomb--zzzz.....

I’m not sure who the target demographic is for Dead Island: Riptide. It’s more than an expansion but far less than a sequel, so it provides more of what the first game had with few enhancements. With that said, I’m probably Deep Silver’s dream audience. I didn’t play the first game, but even less than glowing reviews didn’t stop me from being interested in it. Now that I’ve played Riptide, I can’t help but scratch my head and wonder what went on behind the scenes that resulted in this, another full-priced Dead Island game that seems to offer very little to set it apart from the 2011 original.

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Who the hell called Dead Island Game of the Year?!

Here at PixlBit we try to report news and provide articles with as little bias as possible, but sometimes we just have to let loose and just let our true feelings be known on a particular subject.  It is in this spirit that we introduce “Rage Quit,” a new series that will see one of the PixlBit staffers go off without having to worry about the little things like common decency.

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A new mission based DLC pack is on its way.

Deep Silver has announced a new DLC pack for Dead Island, titled Ryder White. The new mission-based pack will follow the story of the game's antagonist character and allow players to see the events of the main game from his perspective. The DLC pack will add several hours of gameplay to the title and will also include new weapon blueprints.

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XP rewards are also changed.

Today, a patch for Dead Island was released for the PlayStation 3. Tomorrow, it will be released for the Xbox 360. The new patch will make many changes and fixes many of the bugs that have plagued the game since its release.

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