Steam gets Dead Island bundle, pre-order exclusive
Potential Dead Island Steam purchasers will get an exclusive weapon for the upcoming zombie-apocalypse title if they pre-order before the game's September 6 release, publisher Deep Silver revealed.
Publisher Deep Silver has announced that the Steam version of its upcoming open-world tropical-zombie-killing sim Dead Island is also getting a pre-order exclusive.
Included with the Steam pre-order is "The Ripper," a weapon that combines the versatility of a baseball bat and the spinning sharpness of a buzz saw. The weapon is also available to console users pre-ordering at GameStop.
Though the game will be available at other digital distributors, Steam is the only retailer promoting the exclusive "Ripper" weapon.
Dead Island's Steam bonuses also include free access to the "Bloodbath Arena" DLC, which is also being made available for pre-order customers looking to slay zombies on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The downloadable content will be made available "one month" following the September 6 release of Dead Island and will also priced at $10 for those that miss a chance to get the content for free.
Additionally, Deep Silver revealed that Steam will sell a bundle of four Dead Island copies for $149.97. The game is available for pre-purchase on Steam today.
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replyXav de Matos posted a new article, Steam gets Dead Island bundle, pre-order exclusive.
Potential Dead Island Steam purchasers will get an exclusive weapon for the upcoming zombie-apocalypse title if they pre-order before the game's September 6 release, publisher Deep Silver revealed.-
Not sure about the Math on that one. $150 = 1 free copy of the game (3x$50), or $12.50 off each copy.
Either way, I am hesitantly optimistic on this one. A more open world then dead rising, coop, and beautiful island scenery seems like a nice place to kills some zombies.
Convincing 3 mates to go all in might be tough though.-
I corrected the error on pricing, there was some strange language in the press release.
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This game already cost me $50 :(
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so.....what they are saying is that if you preorder from steam, you get the EXACT same "exclusive" preorder that you get at gamestop plus a discount if you buy 4 copies of the same damn game. cool story bro
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Hey, Frontpager: We have a lot of PC users here.
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awwww snap.
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The circle is now complete.
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ha-HA
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What XAV said. A lot us are Steam-only gamers.
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Or PC-only gamers.
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Unfortunately that means you're all doing it wrong, but I digress
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I don't understand that at all. If something is cheaper at d2d or gamersgate or impulse or someplace, I'll buy it there. Why pay more for the same thing?
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This, plus all my gaming buddies are on there, plus steamworks for games that support it, plus automatic patching.
There's no reason for me to buy anywhere else.-
Even for a game that is cheaper elsewhere and has steamworks?
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Yeah, you're right, it does seem fanboyish, but when you look at the wider picture of things, less than a decade ago "content management system" to a gamer was:
- A cardboard box with all your retail boxes and CD keys in it
- Years of patches built up in your Downloads folder
- Waiting in a queue at Fileplanet for the latest patch
- DLC was unheard of
- Screenshots were printscreen+paste unless the game had specific functionality for it
- Getting people together for a game was a forum post, and you had no idea who was playing what at a certain time
I was a huge retail packrat (I'm still pissed I threw out my Freespace 2 box on accident), but now I'm a Steam packrat.
Similar services like Impulse and GoG are excellent. D2D is really good (not all that different from GoG if you think about it).
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Shit, I accidentally LOL'd this instead of Xav's post.
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Or INF'd it, rather.
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Go to http://www.lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?loldby=Rice-Rocketeer and click the INF'D link under the number to the left of the comment to un-inf it.
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Has anyone else had enough of zombie games?
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Fuck yeah!!
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Prey 2 looked pretty damned good in that gameplay preview
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