E3 2012: Dead Island Riptide Announced

By Josh Harmon, Associate Editor
Posted on June 5, 2012 AT 12:48pm

Deep Silver has announced Dead Island Riptide, a sequel to last year’s zombie-infested RPG hit Dead Island.

Development is currently underway at Polish developer Techland, with release currently planned for the PC and unspecified consoles. Given franchise history, it’s almost certain we’ll see Riptide on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but there’s also a chance the game might be coming to Nintendo’s Wii U this time around.

Other than that, details are few and far between, but a full reveal of Riptide, complete with all the juicy details, is planned for later in the summer. Here’s hoping its announcement trailer will be just as haunting as the first game’s.

Josh Harmon picked up a controller when he was 3 years old—and he hasn't looked back since. This has made him particularly vulnerable to attacks from behind. He joined EGM as an intern following a brief-but-storied career on a number of small gaming blogs across the Internet. Follow him on Twitter @jorshy. Meet the rest of the crew.

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