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Techland trademarks 'Dead World,' declines to comment on Dead Island sequel

by Mike Schramm on Nov 3rd 2011 6:00AM

Dead Island developer Techland filed for a trademark on something called "Dead World" recently, prompting speculation that plans for a sequel to the open-world zombie RPG were beginning to unfurl. Techland declined to comment on the matter, though the trademark is legit.

Dead Island shambled up the charts when it was released in September, thanks to plenty of zombie buzz and that popular trailer (never mind the less-than-glowing critical response). A title like "Dead World" hints that the game will take on a slightly larger scale than just an island resort, but we'll have to wait and see until the company decides to make any official announcements.

Via: Eurogamer
Source: Siliconera

Tags: dead-island, dead-world, developer, microsoft, pc, playstation, poland, ps3, techland, trademark, xbox

Reader Comments (21)

AWMAHGAWD, yes please! Day one purchase!!!

@CARmakazie SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

That is all.

Another MMO-ish in the making, huh?

@Kyrx That's what I thought too, it sounds like Dead Island the MMO.

i knew they would call it dead world.

This sounds ace!
Dead island is my fave zombie shooter on xbox. I love how the zombies take damage, they lose limbs and still come for more as opposed to L4d where zombies drop like a stack of shit.
don't get me wrong, I do like l4d but I prefer the way the damage feels on dead island.
who knows, now they sold over 1m copies they can release a fully polished game :)

Dead Island was a great name (haven't actually played it though :() but Dead World sounds so bad, they really need to come up with something better

@Osmium I was thinking the same thing! "Dead World" just doesn't roll off the tongue like Dead Island! So, maybe instead of Dead World they could go with Dead Planet? I don't know...

@VideoGameConnection

Still waiting for somebody to release this title to mock the overuse of "dead" in zombie titles...

Could it be DLC? When I saw it first I thought of a theme park. Or do they have the gotten some trademark that means it would be a big budget title?

Dead Island didn't just have the resort. It had a massive town, the jungle etc.

@tryanothernametryanothername that was the thing that suprised me the most. the fact the game kept expanding into new areas. i was fully prepared to just have the resort to deal with but was suprised to find all the other places to explore.

A hundred times, yes.

More women without panties to fill the world with

It's not enough they drew comparisons to Borderlands, now they're copying their 'trademark for a possible sequel involving Worlds' tactic too?!

So the world gets overrun by zombies and the only force that can stop them are humans who run like gorillas?

a bigger scope will mean more glitches! yes, cant wait techland!

Dead Planet is what i thought they should cal the sequel when i finished dead island but sounds to much like lost planet.

Can't wait for Dead Galaxy and then Super Dead Galaxy

Dead Land or Dead Country.

I really enjoyed this game, I'm glad I ignored the joystiq review, but it did have too many areas where charging zombies would overwhelm. They either need to fix the mechanics to make survivability more reasonable, or give players some method of knowing when that might happen or escape it more easily.

I mean, there were times I was on the roof and I'd still get pummeled by 3-4 infected, esp. from behind.

Luckily load times were really quick, and not incredibly painful as in Demon's Souls.

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Posted: Nov 3rd 2011 6:10AM CARmakazie said

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