Zombies are still in vogue, but it's surprising to see Dead Island developer Techland move onto an entirely different first-person zombie game. While Dead Island could be described as an undead take on The Elder Scrolls, their new game, Dying Light, could be quickly summed as Mirror's Edge with walkers.

Like in DICE's first-person running game, you'll very quickly run through the environment, leaping and vaulting over obstacles, and jumping onto poles, quite easily. However, you'll have a greater repertoire of moves than Faith ever did. While we didn't see any gunplay, we did see quite an impressive array of martial arts moves, with your character able to kick, jump kick, dodge to the side, and even perform a sweeping circular kick--all while remaining in first-person.

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Techland has debuted the first gameplay footage for the "first-person slasher" Hellraid. The trailer takes us through some grimy castles to do battle with supernatural beasts, who are naturally vulnerable to swords for some reason.

Watch: Monsters get sliced, burned, electrocuted, stabbed »

Techland brought you and your chums together to battle zombies in Dead Island, and now it's sending you after monsters from Hell. The developer today announced Hellraid for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, a "first-person slasher" with four-player co-op and a rather Left 4 Dead-sounding 'Game Master' system. So that's what became of Project Hell.

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"Wanna be a gunslinger," sang pop star M in his 1979 single Pop Muzik, "don't be a rock singer." Any attempt to tie that into this story would be too contrived and, frankly, too daft. Techland's wild wild west 'em up Call of Juarez: Gunslinger will launch for at $14.99, publisher Ubisoft announced today. It's coming for download on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, while PC gets a retail edition too.

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I was not a fan of the first Dead Island. I thought Deep Silver's zombie-killing adventure was filled with uninspired tasks, ridiculous characters, and more technical glitches than you could shake a barbed wire stick at. That's not to say I found the game to be an irredeemable mess, because it did have some interesting ideas--ideas I had hoped to see shine through in a more-polished sequel. Dead Island Riptide is not that sequel. Rather, it's hopelessly crushed under the weight of the same problems that bogged down its predecessor.

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Techland loves the old west. Most Americans have stored our shared mythology away in some corner of our collective consciousness and moved on to other story tropes, but the Polish developer responsible for the Call of Juarez series still seems as passionate as ever about the genre. After a brief and arguably ill-advised foray into modern times with Call of Juarez: The Cartel, its next game subtitled Gunslinger boisterously fawns over spaghetti westerns. Maybe it took The Cartel to make us miss it, but the renewed fervor is so charming it's infectious.

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The original Dead Island was the classic example of a cult hit. It had its share of flaws, but fans saw past that to the pure fun of RPG mechanics built into cooperative zombie killing. Dead Island: Riptide is emblematic of iterative development, retaining many of the first game's foibles for better and worse.

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Ubisoft showed off a trailer for Call of Juarez Gunslinger last week, but it was mostly environments and folksy charm without any slinging of guns in sight. A new trailer released today still features the gravel-voiced narrator, but is less about the towns themselves and more about painting them red.

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Reckon if you want, you could take a look at this new toy Ubisoft done produced. Gives a gander at the Old West, see. I don't got much need for words, but ol' Silas, he got tales'll turn your hair white. Listenin to Silas, why, that's better'n those new-fangled stories in Juarez. How bout you set a spell and hear what the man has to say.

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If you are interested in pre-ordering Dead Island Riptide (sans bloody torso), Deep Silver has revealed a couple of DLC perks available to get you into a zombie fighting mood on its tropical island paradise.

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Deep Silver has announced that its tropical zombie game Dead Island has reached the five million sales milestone. This includes all retail and digital sales since its release in September of 2011, and appears to be one more sign of a rapidly growing publisher.

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Dead Island Riptide has shown off screens and CG trailers and special editions and disembodied torsos, but it's been very light on actual gameplay footage. That changes today with a lengthy walkthrough of nearly 10 minutes of gameplay.

Watch: More than nine minutes of Riptide »

Dead Island Riptide is getting its own Collector's Edition, with a set of baubles for devoted fans of tropical island zombies. The "Rigor Mortis" limited edition will cost $79.99, and includes the previously announced special edition goodies along with some extra physical items.

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Fans of classic Steven Seagal movie Under Siege, your prayers have been answered. Dead Island Riptide publisher Deep Silver today unveiled the zombie FPS-RPG's new fifth playable character, and he's the closest we may ever get to seeing old Steve's character star in a video game--a Navy cook with furious fists of martial arts fury.

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We're approaching the end of the calendar year, which means it's time for publishers to start putting stakes in the ground for next year's releases. Dead Island Riptide has broken out of the gate, with a release date of April 23, 2013 in North America.

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