Techland's Dead Island still shambling about

by Ben Gilbert { Jul 2nd 2009 at 5:15PM }

You know Techland, right? No no, not that weird Discovery Zone ripoff your Dad used to take you to when you were a little kid -- the Polish developer! You know, the comany that makes Call of Juarez and ... ummm ... not much else. Anyway, while speaking recently with G4TV, the company's international brand manager, Blazej Krakowiak, confirmed a second title from the developer, albeit one announced way back in 2007, named Dead Island.

Unfortunately, the game's website tells us little to nothing about the game's current status. So, we emailed Techland this afternoon and Krakowiak told us, "As far as Dead Island goes, nothing has changed regarding our media silence .... the game's worldwide publisher is still waiting for their best moment to strike and reveal the awesome stuff we're preparing for zombie fans and gamers." He also confirmed to us the game's still in-development status, saying, "The game's still alive (or better yet, still Dead) and doing great."

As G4TV rightly points out, when the game was shown last it was without a publisher, so if anything, this means good things for Techland's zombie game. After all, we're still wondering what happened to the company's open-world FPS game, Warhound ...

Tags: blazej-krakowiak, call-of-juarez, dead-island, discovery-zone, g4tv, techland, warhound, zombies

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Malkmus @ Jul 2nd 2009 5:23PM

How is not having a publisher a good thing?

AsherR @ Jul 2nd 2009 5:58PM

The quote says that "...the game's worldwide publisher is still waiting for their best moment to strike ...". Ben was saying that the last time we heard from the devs it didn't have a publish, so it seems as though it now has a publisher, which is a good thing.

First I've heard about this game. Consider me interested...

Lonin @ Jul 2nd 2009 5:45PM

PCGamer or GFW did a piece on the game about a year ago I think. I had totally forgotten about it until now. I remember thinking it seemed pretty awesome back then though.

CH3BURASHKA @ Jul 2nd 2009 6:21PM

Kill Zone = Dead Space = Dead Island.

Next year look forward to Murder Place and Slaughter Location.

Christopher Grant @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:11PM

Death Area is going to be great!

Pete @ Sep 11th 2009 12:37AM

you know this based off the fact you have played dead island? oh wait, it's not out yet... you must have gotten an unreleased copy of the incomplete game. ..oh? no? you didn't? so wait, you're saying this based on nothing? no fact? you've never played dead island?

don't assume anything you moron... it just makes an ass out of you. (not me)