Dead Island Riptide Announced, Screenshots Revealed

The developers at Deep Silver are putting together a semi-sequel to Dead Island called Dead Island Riptide. The game will star the four main characters featured in the original game and will allow players who own Dead Island to continue their adventure using their original characters. 

The developers insist that the game isn't a sequel and is instead a spin-off title, much like Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is to Assassin's Creed 2. 

While the game was announced earlier this year, this will be the first time we've any concrete details on what Dead Island Riptide has to offer. 

In addition to the return of the four original characters, all of whom will offer new dialogue to bolster their personalities, the game will see the introduction of a dynamic weather system and an increased focus on close combat instead of shooting.

True to the name, the game's weather system will allow for locations to be literally flooded by torrential rain storms and force players to take to rafts and boats to weather the environment on zombie-infested rivers. Players will also have to batten down the hatches, so to speak, in makeshift forts. 

Dead Island Riptide will be out in 2013.