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Would You Play a ‘Dead Island’ Remaster?
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?
We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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