Dead Island Jason Voorhees & Leatherface Chainsaw?

Dead Island surprises us with a special guest – Jason. Who knows, maybe Jason has a bit of super zombie blood in him making him an immortal killing machine. As you know, Dead Island has plenty of hidden items and loot that’s why it’s very important to really search everywhere. To make things a bit more exciting, you now also have a legendary serial killing walking Banoi. Just like in the movies, Jason is tough as nails and can annihilate you with a single strike from his epic machete slicer.

The good news? Well, if you manage to find him and kill him, you will find another iconic weapon upstairs which we believe is the property of Leatherface. No decent zombie game exists without showing love for the chainsaw. The blood, splatter, and damage are a tribute to all zombie fanatics.

To find Mr. Voorhees, you start at the small town in Act 3 just north of the map. On the map, you will see a pathway south through the destroyed paved road diverging in two directions (east and west). Start looking for a shack west of the fork in the path in the rocky hills. The shack is basically north of Otha Cantu which is in the west part of Banoi’s jungle village.

There you will see a big tough looking zombie named Jason guarding the shack. Grenades are useful in this fight because you have to destroy anything and everything that comes close. Be wary because he can one hit kill you. Use distance weapons if you have them to weaken him before moving in for the kill. Once you unleash your fury, go inside and look for the chainsaw. Now go outside and test it out in all its bloody glory.

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IGN give Dead Island Game an 8/10

With less than 48 hours to go, one of the biggest gaming magazines (IGN) released their review of Dead Island giving it an 8 out of 10.

“Dead Island’s strength is in the world it creates”

But Dead Island doesn’t succeed because of its gore (though I liked the dismemberment). Dead Island’s strength is in the world it creates. I crept into and through each environment I came to, from beaches to sewers to jail cells. I listened for the screams of the infected or the roar of a damage sponge known as a “Thug.” From that perspective, I was on the island; not my character. In the beginning, I’d slaughter every zombie I saw, but by the time I got to the city and found tight alleyways overrun with monsters, I began to just run from objective to objective. No longer was I playing a game — I was focusing on survival as if I were the one running from Point A to Point B.

“Dead Island made me my character”

Dead Island made me my character. I chose the weapons, the enemies to attack, and the side quests to take. When I leveled up, I chose in which skill tree to invest my new point in — so even if you joined my game as the same knives expert I play as, we wouldn’t necessarily have the same abilities.

“Is Dead Island perfect? No. Far from it. “

Is Dead Island perfect? No. Far from it. As much as I lauded it, Dead Island is rough around the edges and that’s sure to turn a lot of people off. First-person melee combat doesn’t feel natural right away. Sometimes textures take their time loading in, I’d describe every cutscene as “stiff,” and the visual flaws like hands going through doors and weird mini-game meters made me laugh. Still, presentation doesn’t make a game, experiences do. And they are packed into Dead Island. Read more…

Dead Island iOS Map App

An awesome variation within the traditional iOS application, Dead Island is going to be starting a map application that can help Dead Island gamers circumvent the sprawling Banoi Island.

The Dead Island map application turns your iOS device right into a veritable Wii U, offering particulars about every mile of Banoi Island, such as the locations in excess of 150 products as well as an objective checkbox. The application will launch September 6 for $2.99 on iTunes. Read more…

Dead Island Digital Comic

Dead Island Game Maker Silver just released a digital comic based on the upcoming Dead Island Game. The Dead Island digital comic tells of the story leading to the zombie breakout.

The six-page Dead Island comic features Roger Howard, a journalist investigating Banoi’s illegal exploitation of resources problem. This leads to a terrible discovery that sets the stages of the mayhem about to occur on the beautiful tropical island of Banoi.

The Marvel custom Solutions creative team of William Dailey, Sergio Arino, Juan Santacruz, Carlos Rodriguez, Diego Olmos, and Jorge Lucas collaborated in creating the Dead Island comic. The amazing cover was done by Christian Nauck, complimenting the storyline.

The Dead Island digital comic which was only available as a printed limited edition at this year’s ComiCon in San Diego can now be viewed here 

With the Dead Island release date set next week in the United States, this should satiate zombie fans out there until game day.