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    Dead Island

    Game » consists of 24 releases. Released Sep 06, 2011

    After a zombie virus sweeps across a beautiful island resort, survivors must fight their way to freedom while trying to find out exactly what went down in this open-world first-person action game.

    Dead Island's European Box Art

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    #1  Edited By Contro

     
    It looks like the European version is keeping the little hanged man in the logo.... 

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    #2  Edited By TheSeductiveMoose

    Wont the NA version have it?

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    #3  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @TheSeductiveMoose said:

    Wont the NA version have it?

    No, it won't. 
     
    It's nice that Europe gets to keep the uncensored logo.
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    #4  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    ..bigger version please? I barely see anything

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    #5  Edited By TheSeductiveMoose
    @FluxWaveZ: Any reason or is it just a design choice?
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    #6  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    ..bigger version please? I barely see anything
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    #7  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @FluxWaveZ said:
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    ..bigger version please? I barely see anything
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    Oh i see. That's cool :)
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    #8  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @TheSeductiveMoose said:

    @FluxWaveZ: Any reason or is it just a design choice?

    ESRB Statement: 

    "The video game industry has set guidelines about the types of content that are appropriate in advertising and marketing materials, which includes game box art," said the ESRB in a statement emailed to IGN. "According to those guidelines the depiction in the logo was not compliant."

    "We never censor or dictate in any way what type of content can be included within a game. However, a game's marketing materials are seen by an audience that is much broader than that which actually purchases the game itself, so we enforce industry-adopted guidelines as to what is suitable for inclusion in these materials."

    It's the same reason Left 4 Dead 2's logo was censored. 
     
    Revised NA box art logo: 
     
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    #9  Edited By TheSeductiveMoose
    @FluxWaveZ: Huh. That logo reminds me of Stubbs the Zombie for some reason.
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    #10  Edited By Contro

    I still don't understand why it's been banned in America, the little guys red, not black : / More to the point, to this very day you still have "state sponsored murder" in some states.  
     
    Get rid of your shitty backward laws, which are comically akin to some found in Sharia law in the countries you invade, and leave the little red guy alone, I say.

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    #11  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @Contro said:
    I still don't understand why it's been banned in America, the little guys red, not black : / More to the point, to this very day you still have "state sponsored murder" in some states.   Get rid of your shitty backward laws which are akin to some found in Sharia law in the countries you invade, and leave the little red guy alone, I say.
    What the fuck are you talking about?
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    #12  Edited By DeeGee
    @Contro said:
    Get rid of your shitty backward laws, which are comically akin to some found in Sharia law in the countries you invade, and leave the little red guy alone, I say.
    Is that some subtle comment about masturbation?
     
    I'm onto you.
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    #13  Edited By Crono

    Americans - Wake up!  The zombies aren't gonna comply with your standards on marketing materials when it comes time for them to promote their new "Brains, yum!" campaign. This is the 40ccs of reality that you desperately need!

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    #14  Edited By SomeJerk
    @Contro said:

    I still don't understand why it's been banned in America, the little guys red, not black : / More to the point, to this very day you still have "state sponsored murder" in some states.   Get rid of your shitty backward laws, which are comically akin to some found in Sharia law in the countries you invade, and leave the little red guy alone, I say.

    "Think of the children"
     
    That's the answer.
     
    You can only say "fuck" a certain amount of times in a movie. In a movie, you can only have a certain amount of thrusts in a sexual act even if you can only see moving shadows. Big bright toy guns are banned and real ones are allowed. You are not allowed to speak of things of black colour if you're speaking Spanish. Finding the bankers who put the world into a financial crisis and taking care of them.
     
    No, think of the children.
     
     
    e: and "please do not have your eye right over the carbonated beverage bottle opening, when opening it"
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    #15  Edited By WatanabeKazuma

    Late releases be damned, us Europeans seem to be at least blessed when it comes to cover-art. 
     
    The Final Fantasy cases were always a favorite of mine, they were always just a large image of the logo on a white background. It was simple but very striking, it gave the games a nice uniform look as well when they stood next to each other. That was a trend that abruptly stopped with FF13 however, bah! 
     
    It might be just me, but that original logo seems pretty tame, a seemingly minor thing to be forced to change.

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    #16  Edited By EVO

    Huh, didn't even know this was coming out on PS3. I thought it was PC only.

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    #17  Edited By Contro
    @somejerk said:
    @Contro said:

    I still don't understand why it's been banned in America, the little guys red, not black : / More to the point, to this very day you still have "state sponsored murder" in some states.   Get rid of your shitty backward laws, which are comically akin to some found in Sharia law in the countries you invade, and leave the little red guy alone, I say.

    "Think of the children"  That's the answer.  You can only say "fuck" a certain amount of times in a movie. In a movie, you can only have a certain amount of thrusts in a sexual act even if you can only see moving shadows. Big bright toy guns are banned and real ones are allowed. You are not allowed to speak of things of black colour if you're speaking Spanish. Finding the bankers who put the world into a financial crisis and taking care of them.  No, think of the children.   e: and "please do not have your eye right over the carbonated beverage bottle opening, when opening it"
     
    Just as I've always suspected, that's some real twisted shit right there, no wonder so many people follow suit. 
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    #18  Edited By Sooty

    lolESRB

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    #19  Edited By EVO

    Logo aside it's pretty terrible box art.

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    #20  Edited By EuanDewar

    This is up there with Alan Wake for me now in terms of "Wait, this is actually a game now?". Then Duke Nukem Forever above that of course.

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    #21  Edited By Sanious
    @EVO: Agreed 
     
    Looks like he's in the middle of break dancing.
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    #22  Edited By Tregard
    @EVO said:
    Logo aside it's pretty terrible box art.
    Yeah, I'm quite glad I'm getting it on Steam now.
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    #23  Edited By Djeffers03

    Looks badass! 

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    #24  Edited By Yummylee

    Score 1 for the crumpet cartel I guess. As others have said it looks pretty ugly anywhoo.

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    #25  Edited By shinigami420

    This fanmade box art looks much better  IMO 
     

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    #26  Edited By Siepher
    @shinigami420: Is that really fanmade? It looks a lot better.
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    #27  Edited By BestUsernameEver

    Americans - Wake up!  The zombies aren't gonna comply with your standards on marketing materials when it comes time for them to promote their new "Brains, yum!" campaign. This is the 40ccs of reality that you desperately need!        FTFY

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    #28  Edited By Tregard
    @shinigami420 said:
    This fanmade box art looks much better  IMO 
     
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    So much better, but maybe I just prefer covers that are a little more minimalistic
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    #29  Edited By ArchScabby

    But what does a guy hung from a tree have to do with zombies?

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    #30  Edited By Scooper

    If little Joe picks up the game and sees a hanging man he's 100% likely to go home and hang himself. That's why it's censored. 
     
    Obviously, we in the free world don't have to worry about these things because our IQ is not comparable to that of a soggy donut.

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    #31  Edited By Agent47
    @EVO: Wow I thought it was actually pretty good and artistic from the usual "meh" box arts they put out now adays.What did you want?
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    #32  Edited By Yanngc33

    looks awesome!

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    #33  Edited By billyhoush
    @ArchScabby said:
    But what does a guy hung from a tree have to do with zombies?
    Exactly. Since the trailer I didn't understand the hanging in the logo besides being clever with the name. It's like they just told the artist the name of the game to base the logo on and not the subject matter. 
     
    I haven't played the game but do the zombies hang people? Or do islanders hang the zombies? Does that island have capital punishment?? WHAT

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