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Like I Said, Dead Island Is On Course To Take Over The World

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I’d like to personally thank Dead Island, Techland, Deep Silver, yadda yadda, for getting us so many news articles this month, and so many more hits. So we all know how fucking incredible the Dead Island trailer is right? Well if you still don’t know by now, god damn shame on you watch it below. The stats on this trailer and the game are unreal. Techland better deliver or they are never going to hear the end of it.

Over 3.2 MILLION tweets about the game. Celebrities are tweeting, huge gaming industry names, EVERYONE. It’s almost unanimous that this is one of the best trailers of all time for anything ever. From movies to tv to video games, this thing cannot be stopped. Head past the break to see exactly how unstoppable this game is.
Since its release the game and the trailer were prominently featured everywhere:
– more than 100.000 fans on the official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/deadislandgame) in less than a week
– listed in the “Most Popular” category of YouTube, more than 2.7 million viewers and constantly rising
– featured on movie media like Variety, Ain’t-It-Cool-News, Empire and SFX Magazine, and non-gaming media like The Guardian and The Independent
– immediately listed in the “Top 10 trending topics” on Twitter and close to 3.2 million Tweets about the game
– Tweeted by world famous entertainment stars like:

* Simon Pegg (Actor: “Shaun of the Dead”, “Star Trek”) (http://twitter.com/simonpegg)
* Zachary Levi (Actor: “Chuck”) (http://twitter.com/zacharylevi): “Possibly the greatest trailer I’ve ever seen. For any project. Ever.”
* Ice-T (Musician, Actor) (http://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL)
* Hideo Kojima (Game Designer: “Metal Gear Solid”) (http://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN)
* Graham Linehan (Creator: “The IT Crowd”) (http://twitter.com/Glinner)

The L.A. Times asks if this could be “The best trailer in years?”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/02/dead-island-trailer-videogame-zombies.html

CBS News ask: “Will Video Game Trailer Make You Cry Like a Baby?”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504464_162-20032790-504464.html

The New York Post says: “I want to visit Dead Island”
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/gamereport/want_to_visit_dead_island_3OMHQKyZxQkAtAp8m4qnHK

“We knew that we had something very unique with this trailer and we are very pleased by the positive feedback we received to the reveal of Dead Island and to its trailer.”, says Georg Larch, International Marketing Director of Deep Silver. “The trailer conveys the mood that the player will experience when their ingame character arrives on the island and suddenly this tropical holiday paradise turns into hell.”

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AreYouWatching.com: ‘The Watchers’ Interactive Website Is Full of Creepy Easter Eggs

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Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.

The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.

Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere can be seen trapped inside.

You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.

There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…

The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.

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