Dead Island Special Edition Includes the Headless Bikini Statue Anyway
Published: January 01, 0001
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Just because Deep Silver apologized profusely for Dead Island: Riptide‘s rather tasteless rummy win “Zombie Bait Edition” premium—a severed, bloodied, big-boobed bikini-clad torso—doesn’t mean they actually pulled it from distribution.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({
playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/deep-silver-is-deeply-sorry-about-trying-to-sell-their-5976203 The statuette is still included in special editions sold in Europe yono all app and Australia. Back in January, when the offer came to light, Deep Silver all but disowned the item, saying “we sincerely regret this
choice,” that they were “deeply sorry” and “committed to making sure this will never happen again.” Still, the statement did not explicitly say the premium would be removed.
Amazon listings in the UK continue to show images of the bloody torso up (it arrives in that market on Friday.) Some have already received their special editions and are posting images of the torso on Twitter. Yesterday, I emailed a representative of Koch Media, parent company of Deep Silver, with questions as to why the publisher went forward with this premium despite its professed embarrassment
and the public ridicule the statuette caused. I received no answers. CNET’s Australian edition quoted a statement from Koch Media, Deep Silver’s parent, saying “an extremely limited quantity of the Zombie Bait edition has been made available to some retailers for those customers who wish to yono apk purchase it,” in Australia.
https://kotaku.com/lets-play-devils-advocate-and-consider-dead-islands-sev-5976604 Image via @AussieGamerChic