We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver's entire international team today. Like many gaming companies, Deep Silver has many offices in different countries, which is why sometimes different versions of Collector's Editions come into being for North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.įor the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island. We deeply apologize for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide "Zombie Bait Edition", the collector's edition announced for Europe and Australia. While they still haven't responded to our direct questions, including whether the collector's edition will still be offered, they did take to Twitter to apologize this afternoon. Reached for comment this morning, Deep Silver UK said they were looking into our questions and would be responding. "This doesn't offend me it just bums me out, man," wrote commenter GrampaJr.Ĭommenter Ikaruwa simply replied with a reference to the movement that asked why there weren't more female game developers, "#1reasonwhy." "I am not seeing the connection between a zombie game called Dead Island: Riptide and a pair of Union flag covered breasts on a de-limbed torso," wrote Polygon comment moderator Shaun McIlroy. Polygon commenters were also unhappy with the special edition: How is a woman's mangled body, a literal trophy on your desk, even remotely defensible- Tweets About Torsos January 15, 2013 People, how did we get here? Really? Really. That 'Dead Island' decapitated woman statue is despicable. I don't care if it's only available in the UK. Another sad addition to #1reasonwhy /5/dee… I used to be a Dead Island fan, but this marketing promo for Riptide is just awful. The Twitter response has also been mostly negative: MCV's Ben Parfitt writes: "With the industry's attitude and representation of gender very much one of the hot issues of 2012, the reaction to the announcement is understandably likely to anger the more proactive parts of the games community." Joystiq's JC Fletcher writes: "It's too gross even to qualify for the A Christmas Story joke that usually applies to body-part statues." There are few items I wouldn't decorate my office with, but this. "Jesus Christ, what kind of sociopath would actually want this 12" resin nightmare? Even putting aside the weird message a sexualized corpse torso sends, it's just. Reaction to the gruesome bust within the press has been overwhelmingly negative.ĭestructoid's Jim Sterling describes the bust as something you wouldn't want to display in mixed company: "We wanted to provide a unique collector's edition that was utterly Dead Island and would make a striking conversation piece on any discerning zombie gamer's mantel," according to the prepared statement from Deep Silver sales and marketing director Paul Nicholls. The Dead Island Zombie Bait Edition includes a 31 cm high, hand painted resin statue of island's zombies a "grotesque take on an iconic Roman marble torso sculpture," according to the press release from publisher Deep Silver. News this morning that the United Kingdom and Australia would be receiving a special edition of Dead Island Riptide that comes packed with a statue of a mutilated bikini-clad corpse was met with shock and repulsion.
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