Dead Island to infect PlayStation Home

Zombie apocalypse to spread on Home Square

Posted on Jul 26, 2011 - 10:06pm EST

Deep Silver and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have announced that shortly before its release at the beginning of September, the zombie outbreak from the game Dead Island will also spread to PlayStation Home, offering players an exclusive opportunity to further deepen their Dead Island experience through Home’s Total Game Integration campaign.

Zombies will lurk in the once peaceful Home Square and soon enough it will come to resemble the Royal Palms Resort on the tropical island of Banoi, with palm trees and beautiful tropical vegetation, a gorgeous beach and stunning view of the ocean, bringing the Banoi feeling to PlayStation Home visitors.

A Dead Island themed mini game will be available to PlayStation Home visitors in which players must prove their skills in crafting items and pit their abilities against attacks from a rampaging zombie horde. Just like the co-op mode in Dead Island this mini game can be played with up to 4 players in different play styles. In all, there are 10 mini-game challenges associated with the game users completing all 10 will be awarded with an exclusive in-game weapon “Exploding Meat”.

Players can have their photo taken with a zombie or take a zombie survival survey where they can prove their knowledge of the undead and earn 4 free PlayStation Home rewards. At the end participants will be rated with their estimated chance of survival in a real zombie apocalypse.

Certain items in the PlayStation 3 version of the Dead Island will only be obtained through this PlayStation Home event. Each week will introduce more levels and unlockable content including a premium PlayStation Home reward “Exploding Zombie Outfit” for players that pre-order Dead Island directly from Home Square.

Dead Island is set to ship in September on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.