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Dead Island series as any other popular series contains many expansions, story fillers and merchandise. There's a timeline of the events that transpire before and during the games here.

Video Games[]

Game Developers Release date Platform Description Cover art
Dead Island Techland 9th September 2011 PC
PS
Xbox
First Dead Island game  takes place on an fictional island called Banoi and follows four heroes: Sam B, Logan, Xian Mei and Purna as they try to survive and escape the hell on Earth for good.
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Dead Island: Riptide Techland 23th April 2013 PC
PS
Xbox
A direct expansion for Dead Island, takes place right where original game left off. Survivors escaped, and ended on another island called Palanai, infected with zombie virus. This time, John Morgan, a former soildier, joins to help them escape.
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Escape Dead Island Fatshark 18th August 2014 PC
PS
Xbox
Spinoff taking place between Dead Island: Riptide and Dead Island 2. You are Cliff Calo, a son of wealthy businessman who decided to uncover secrets of the mysterious virus and travel to Narapela island to find any clues and show them to the world.
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Dead Island: Epidemic Stunlock Studios Closed Alpha:
09/2013 - 05/2014
Closed Beta:
05/2014 - 11/2014
Open Beta:
11/2014 - 10/2015

Servers closed:
October 15th 2015
PC MOBA spinoff game taking place on Amaia island. Full with new orignal characters and some old ones. Briefly expands story of main supporting character of Dead Island series, John Sinamoi.
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Dead Island Definitive Edition Techland 31st May 2016 PC
PS
Xbox
Fully remastered: Experience Dead Island in crisp full HD with Improved graphics, game models and a photorealistic lighting system with physically based shading.
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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition Techland 31st May 2016 PC
PS
Xbox
Fully remastered: Experience Dead Island: Riptide in crisp full HD with improved graphics, game models and a photorealistic lighting system with physically based shading.
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Dead Island: Retro Revenge Empty Clip Studios 1st June 2016 PC
PS
Xbox
Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! When his beloved cat gets kidnapped, Max sets out across a zombie-infested California to get him back by force!
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Dead Island: Survivors Fishlabs iOS: December 2016
Android: July 2018

Shut down:
July 2020

iOS
Android
Slash & trap zombies to survive in a paradise gone to hell. Gather your band of heroes, build up your base and fight together with your friends in Dead Island: Survivors, the new mobile game based on the world’s #1 zombie gaming franchise!
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Dead Island 2 (2014) Yager
2014 - 07/2015

Sumo Digital 2016-2019
Cancelled PC
PS
Xbox
The first true sequel to Dead Island takes place in California after the events of the first game and its expansion.


After a long hiatus after its release, the game was cancelled before being re-announced in 2022 being headed by an in-house Deep Silver developer, having been rebuilt from the ground up.

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Dead Island 2 Dambuster Studios 23rd April 2023 PC
PS5
PS4
XBOX Series X/S
XBOX One
The long awaited rebooted sequel to Dead Island, Dead Island 2 takes place still in California, in Los Angeles, continuing the storyline with new heroes.
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Books and other material[]

Dead Island: The Book Mark Morris 8th Sept 2011 Paperback, Kindle A novelisation of of the original game, released in conjunction with the original. Follows the main plot broadly with most of the same characters, though some have been removed/replaced with similar characters.
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Dead Island Strategy Guide BradyGames 9th September 2011 Paperback A complete strategy guide of the original game, released on the same day. It covers everything to know about the game, including characters, quests, weapons and collectibles.
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Dead Island: Riptide Strategy Guide BradyGames 26th April 2013 Paperback Like the other guide, it's a complete strategy guide of Dead Island: Riptide, released on the same day. It covers everything to know about the game, including characters, quests, weapons and collectibles.
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Dead Island (Marvel comics) Marvel 11th August 2014 Digital A comic that follows Roger Howard before he started leaving his tape recordings around Banoi. It follows Roger as he investigates Kenneth Ballard, the manager of the Royal Palms Resort secretly in his office while Kenneth is away.
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Dead Island (Dark Horse comics) Dark Horse 5th November 2014 Digital A spin-off of the series, set in California shortly after the events of the games. It follows two men who are forced to survive the zombie apocalypse taking over the American coast.
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