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Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition Out in Summer

After being rumored a few weeks ago, Deep Silver has confirmed the Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition that will be released at the end of June and beginning of July all around the world and includes the previously launched downloadable add-ons for the zombie-killing experience.Dead Island was a whole new property ...

26 May 2012
05:01 GMT

Dead Island 2 Is Not in Development, Deep Silver Says

After achieving impressive sales with Dead Island last year, publisher Deep Silver has now confirmed that a sequel for the zombie killing game is not in development yet and that it isn’t working with Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager on any projects. Dead Island was a completely new intellectual property set in ...

21 May 2012
03:07 GMT

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters Arrives in Early March

Video game publisher Deep Silver and the developers at Evolved Games have announced that their upcoming action flights simulator Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters will be launched on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PC on March 6 in the United States, and three days later in the Uni...

15 February 2012
07:01 GMT

Dead Island Gets Ryder White Single-Player DLC

Deep Silver and Techland have confirmed that their surprisingly popular Dead Island zombie game will receive a new piece of downloadable content called Ryder White, which delivers a new single-player adventure. Dead Island didn’t have the best of launches last year, with lots of bugs and issues plaguing the zo...

17 January 2012
12:31 GMT

Dead Island Ships 3 Million Units, Has a Great Holiday Season

Dead Island, the first person, role playing zombie shooter, has shipped over 3 million units since its release back in September, with publisher Deep Silver confirming that the title has had a great holiday season in which plenty of new units were sold.Dead Island impressed originally with its touching trailer, but o...

23 December 2011
05:08 GMT

Catherine Arrives in Europe in February with Reversible Cover

Deep Silver has confirmed that the quirky Catherine adventure puzzle game will be making its way onto European shores next February, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.Catherine impressed through its offbeat gameplay, which focused on Vincent, a 32-year-old guy who needs to decide on whether he’ll con...

28 November 2011
19:11 GMT

Dead Island's Bloodbath Arena DLC Out on November 22

After many delays and quite a lot of patches and updates released for Dead Island, Techland and Deep Silver have confirmed that the first downloadable content for the zombie-killing game, in the form of the Bloodbath Arena, will arrive on November 22.Dead Island impressed gamers back in October with its interesting e...

15 November 2011
12:21 GMT

Dead Island (PC)

Zombies have become cool again lately, flooding the entertainment space with high profile products like World War Z, which is both a comic book and, soon, a movie, and the Walking Dead, one of the most appreciated television series on AMC. Both of these are nuanced looks at the possibility of a zombie apocalypse whic...

11 October 2011
07:38 GMT

Dead Island Developer to Focus on Patches and Updates Instead of DLC for Now

Techland, the developer of Dead Island, the new first person zombie shooter, has confirmed that it's currently focusing on releasing patches and updates for the game, instead of the previously promised downloadable content for the title published by Deep Silver.Dead Island was released earlier this month and it&...

16 September 2011
15:31 GMT

Quick Look: Dead Island (With Gameplay Video)

Dead Island was announced many years ago but only thanks to a touching cinematic trailer did it manage to differentiate itself from the array of other zombie games that have flooded the genre in recent years.Now, Techland, its developer, and Deep Silver, its publisher, have delivered the final version of Dead Island,...

15 September 2011
12:11 GMT

Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC Out This Month

Dead Island is set to receive its first big piece of downloadable content later this month, as developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver confirmed that the Bloodbath Arena add-on will be released before the end of September.Dead Island prides itself on offering a lengthy campaign, which can be enjoyed either alone...

12 September 2011
03:20 GMT

Patch Released for Dead Island Early Build That Appeared on Steam as Final Game

Deep Silver and Techland, the publisher and developer of the new zombie shooter Dead Island have confirmed that a patch has been released for the game, after a pretty major mistake yesterday, when North American Steam users got an early build of the title instead of the final version on their platform.Dead Island imp...

7 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Item Crafting Brings Dead Island Close to Role-Playing Genre

Dead Island is a game about fighting off zombies on an isolated island using improvised weaponry. However, despite the focus on action, the developers at Techland and publishers at Deep Silver are saying that a number of elements bring the game closer to the role-playing space. Doug McLeod, one of the producers wo...

30 August 2011
03:15 GMT

Risen 2: Dark Waters Offers More Choice, Pirate Theme

Publisher Deep Silver and developer Piranha Bytes have announced that they are working together on a new game, Risen 2: Dark Waters, which is set to build on the foundation of the original and deliver a new game engine, a new story and a new game universe, raising the profile of the franchise. The game will be set...

22 February 2011
13:31 GMT

The Replay Value of Risen

About the time I got half-way through Risen, I started thinking less and less about what I was doing and seemed very captivated by the things I might be able to do. I chose to join sides with Don Esteban's Faction and developed as a pilfering, two-handed sword warrior. OK, maybe “pilfering” isn'...

28 October 2009
07:46 GMT

Risen: Worst Boss-Fight Ever

I put around 26 hours into Risen before putting an end to it. As a member of Don Esteban's little gathering of thugs, I completed most of the quests available and I was left with the one final, main quest in my journal when the stone gates opened and I was faced with the ultimate foe. I explored the entire map, ...

26 October 2009
13:01 GMT

The Second Step in Risen and the Difficulty Curve

Previously, I stated that Risen was a challenging game only to later on reconsider my opinion and admit that I did find it difficult. Now I find myself saying that it has become easy. This could be because I'm a relatively chaotic person under my calm, charming exterior but it's more likely because the game...

19 October 2009
13:01 GMT

A First Look at Risen

Risen is the latest RPG from the German developer Piranha Bytes. They're the ones responsible for the birth of the Gothic series, while the publisher of the franchise, Jo Wood, is responsible for its death. That is, mainly because they managed to drive the former away from the game while still keeping the licens...

15 October 2009
08:25 GMT

'Making of' for Risen

The game label of Koch Media, Deep Silver, released today a development video for the fantasy RPG Risen, just short of 10 minutes offering insights on the game from Piranha Bytes. The interview features project director Björn Pankratz and game designer Mike Hoge, and details the concept art, background story, op...

25 September 2009
06:06 GMT

With a Deep Silver Publisher, Risen Goes Gold

Great news from Piranha Bytes, as its latest RPG, Risen, reaches the gold status for the PC. The release date is set for October 2, while the Xbox version has an unspecified launch date of 2010, but it is expected in the early months of it. For the ones that don't know, Piranha is responsible for the brilliant s...

21 September 2009
14:01 GMT

Prison Break Game Rises from the Dead

There was talk about a Prison Break videogame some while back but the project apparently never got off the ground to full blown development. But now Kock Media has entered into an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising regarding a project targeting both the PC and current gen consoles related ...

12 August 2009
05:56 GMT

Sacred 2 Gets Ice & Blood Expansion

Deep Silver and Ascaron are announcing that they plan to create and release a new add-on for Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel, set to arrive only for the PC in the second half of 2009.The role playing game also has a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 version but apparently the new content is not headed for the home gaming c...

12 August 2009
05:24 GMT

Deep Silver Brings Life Simulation with Baby Life

If you enjoyed games like Tamagotchi, where you had to take care of a virtual pet, just as if it was a real living and breathing being, you will definitely love Deep Silver and Game Life's latest title - Baby Life, a simulation somewhat similar with the Tamagotchi games but clearly more complex and probably even...

22 August 2008
03:46 GMT

Mytran Wars Go Handheld

It's been a while since we last heard about the development of a game for the PlayStation Portable, so it was time somebody did something on that matter. The company that decided to solve all the problems is Deep Silver and they announced Mytran Wars, a real time strategy developed by Budapest-based Stormregion ...

14 August 2008
04:28 GMT

The Cursed Mountain Brings Horror to Wiis

Nintendo's console doesn't seem to be the most suitable platform for horror games, but a change every now and then can definitely do no harm. At least that's what Deep Silver appears to believe, since it has just announced its newest project, Cursed Mountain, a survival horror designed specifically and...

1 August 2008
15:06 GMT

The Humans Come Back

Lemmings was one of the most appreciated titles of the early nineties and, as it usually happens in such circumstances, a few companies tried to create similar games and get tons of money. The Humans, developed by GameTek in 1992, was one of the Lemmings-like titles but, unfortunately for the developers, it was far f...

28 July 2008
02:37 GMT

Deep Silver Takes You to a Ride to Hell

The 1960's, bikers, West Coast, gang battles, hippie culture, drinking, drugs and rock 'n roll - all these and even more adult-oriented activities are the things we're going to get in the next open world, freeform-style game from Deep Silver called Ride to Hell. And this is one of the few titles which ...

11 July 2008
13:06 GMT


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