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Edited by Black Eagle X99:
1/15/2013 11:41:45 PM
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Dead Island Riptide: Zombie Bait Edition
[quote]The focus of the Zombie Bait Edition is a hand-painted 31cm X 18.5cm resin statue of a decapitated bikini-clad female torso. According to Deep Silver, the statue is a "grotesque take on an iconic Roman marble torso sculpture."
"We wanted to provide a unique collector’s edition that was utterly ‘Dead Island’ and would make a striking conversation piece on any discerning zombie gamer’s mantel,” said Deep Silver sales and marketing director Paul Nicholls in a statement. [/quote]
[url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/dead-island-riptide-zombie-bait-edition-revealed-6402426]Linky link.[/url]
So...what are your thoughts on..this. I think this is where we draw the line for games, as anyone who would want this in their home must be mentally deficient. This of course will not at all help the new video game debates. What are your thoughts on the gruesome statue? Really it just seems there is no need at all for this.
You can also see lot's of outrage [url=https://twitter.com/weefz/status/291228191950008320]here[/url], [url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/15/3878810/dead-island-riptides-bloody-torso-statue-sparks-anger-shock]here[/url], and [url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/15/deep-silver-promote-dead-island-with-appalling-statue/]here[/url]
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An update from Deep Silver [quote]A statement on the Zombie Bait Edition: We deeply apologize for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide “Zombie Bait Edition”, the collector’s edition announced for Europe and Australia. Like many gaming companies, Deep Silver has many offices in different countries, which is why sometimes different versions of Collector’s Editions come into being for North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island. We sincerely regret this choice. We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver's entire international team today. For now, we want to reiterate to the community, fans and industry how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again.[/quote] Well someone realized that they goofed.
