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‘Dead Island Definitive Collection’ Coming in May

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So it’s official, then. The Dead Island franchise is coming back into our lives and it’s bringing with it the 16-bit side-scroller spin-off Retro Revenge. Both the original game and its pseudo-sequel Riptide are being remastered for this console generation in a collection that will also include all previously released DLC, though that’s not necessarily a selling point.

Here’s an overview of what’s new in the Definitive Collection:

– Supports 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second
– Textures have been re-done in higher resolution and quality
– Photo-realistic new lighting system
– Physically based shading Image quality enhancement via anti-aliasing
– Improved quality game models and geometry assets
– HBAO and motion blur effects
– Update game UI for Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide

At $39.99, the definitive Dead Island experience won’t break the bank when it arrives on May 31 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. There’s more than enough content there to justify the budget price, and Retro Revenge — a “classic side-scrolling action/endless runner set in the Dead Island universe” — certainly sounds intriguing.

I had a good time hacking away at the undead hordes in the endless quest for epic loot and I might’ve even been interested in giving it another go had the series’ original creators not gone on to make an objectively superior open-world zombie game that recently got so, so, so much better.

I’m very interested in reading your thoughts on this. Will you be grabbing this, or are you too busy plowing your custom dune buggy through fields of zombies in the new-and-improved Dying Light?

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

Dead Mail SXSW horror movie

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