DLC & Expansions
Upcoming DLC & Expansions
- Bloodbath - Date unknown
Pre-Release Version on Steam
An early version of Dead Island was released on Steam.
A pre-release developer build was released to the online store in place of the final version and has made its way into the hands of early purchasers. This early build features lines of code referring to it as an "Xbox Live Submission Project Version" and includes at least forty known bugs.
Publisher Deep Silver issued the following statement: "We apologize for any issues you may have experienced while playing the game. The final patched version will be made available on Steam to North American players today." The company also added that it "deeply regrets that it was not possible to make the final patched version of Dead Island available to players at launch."
The same day Dead Island was released, publisher Deep Silver replaced the pre-release developer build of Dead Island with the retail version and issued a patch for players who already downloaded the developer build.
- Save files created on the developer build of Dead Island may not be compatible with the newly patched version. In fact, the patch may wipe game saves.
- Deep Silver says that even if save files prove incompatible with the patched version of Dead Island, players can choose the same character previously used and use "Chapter Select" to skip to where they left off.
A full changelog for the patch can be found on the wiki: 2011-09-06 Patch