There’s a running, in-house joke that the quiet industrial park in which Techland’s head office resides – a dusty maze of rugged trails and residential homes just beyond the city centre of Wroclaw, Poland – is what inspired the ragtag suburbs of Harran that players can roam across in Dying …
Read More »“Project Hell” unveiled by Dead Island dev as next project
The developers behind one of 2011’s most surprising hits,Dead Island (opens in new tab), announced their next upcoming project today. While it wont necessarily be zombie-themed, Techland has said they don’t really care for games with “unicorns and fairies” so we can still reasonably expect it to be a bloody …
Read More »The Platinum Chalice Awards 2011, Part 2 The Best Games of 2011
This article is part two of a three-part series of awards. Click here for Part 1 and Part 3. Welcome back to our sixth annual celebration of all the amazing things the gaming industry brings us. Welcome back, indeed, because now that the feel-good Special Awards and console exclusives are …
Read More »Top 7… horrendously buggy games we loved anyway
Tsk. Bugs, eh. In games. Nothing worse. They’re not meant to be there. But sometimes they are and that’s where they stay until Mr Developer stops fiddling with his massive beard and decides to do something about it. And he always does something about it because he knows otherwise gamers …
Read More »Dead Island Collectibles guide
There’s more to do on the island of Banoi than just curb-stomping zombies and running perilous errands for people who claim they’re too busy (we’re looking at you Sinamoi). There are over 150 collectibles to find that are good for two achievements/trophies: “Gotta find ‘em all” (60 found) and “Nearly …
Read More »Dead Island video – Full Access Playthrough
Well, the highly anticipated Dead Island has finally arrived, and it’s pretty damn good. For today’s FAP we have Chris, Mikel and I commentating on the beginning portion of the game, but with a twist: we’re using the “new game plus” mode activated after finishing the campaign, so my character …
Read More »TalkRadar 169 – Grade-A Bullsmurf
Your Hosts The Topics (opens in new tab) Lowering the price? A good first step, but we’ve got seven more (opens in new tab) Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click! (opens in new tab) Cleaning up paradise, one zombie at a time (opens in new tab) Madly …
Read More »Dead Island in-game trailer is a tease
Dead Island is turning out to be a damn undead tease (yeah, we know that’s gross sounding). Okay, this trailer does occur in-game, in that it’s not a CG deal, so you can see what the island and a few of the zombies look like how they will when you …
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