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Would You Play a ‘Dead Island’ Remaster?

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I’m not complaining, but retailers may actually be worse than children at keeping secrets. Yesterday, I wrote about an Amazon listing that teased us with the totally believable idea that we might soon be hearing about a Game of the Year Edition of The Evil Within, and today we have another.

A second listing — this time from South African online retailer Loot — was spotted this week that mentions a Dead Island Definitive Edition for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. If this is true, the game will join a lengthy list of new-gen remasters that already includes Tomb Raider, God of War III, Saints Row IV, State of Decay, Dark Souls II, GTA V, The Last of Us, Sleeping Dogs, Diablo III and Metro Redux, among a dozen or so others.

It’s worth noting that two of the games I mentioned were published by Deep Silver, so they’re clearly interested in this sort of thing.

I enjoyed Dead Island enough that I would almost consider returning to it, especially now that we have no idea when, or if, we’ll actually see Dead Island 2. The problem is I can’t see myself choosing it over something like, oh I don’t know, Dying Light, for example. How about you?

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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