Dead Island: Epidemic closed beta begins today

Dead Island: Epidemic is kicking off its closed beta later today, bringing the zombie-killing franchise into the MOBA realm.

Ozzie Mejia

February 27, 2014 5:00 PM

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The zombie apocalypse is about to begin... again. Deep Silver is ready to kick off the closed beta for its free-to-play zombie MOBA, Dead Island: Epidemic. The zombie-killing MOBA has officially started its closed beta on PC.

Epidemic takes the MOBA genre to some interesting new places, utilizing WASD keyboard movement that's normally reserved for MMORPGs and FPS games and also splitting games up into three teams of four. The game includes dynamic gameplay objectives, as well as the series' signature crafting mechanics. Oh, and zombies. There will be zombies.

Closed beta participants will receive unspecified in-game items and rewards that they can keep all the way through Epidemic's final release. Interested zombies slayers can sign up through the Dead Island Epidemic homepage.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?