An advertisement, depicting a couple committing suicide, followed by the Dead Island logo, which depicts a dead man hanging from a tree, was banned in Australia, due to upsetting families who lost loved ones to suicide.
In January 2013, Deep Silver announced that Dead Island: Riptide would be available in a "Zombie Bait Edition", which would include a statuette of the bloodily dismembered torso of a bikini-clad woman. The statuette caused an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the video game press and from the public. Within hours of the announcement, Deep Silver's UK branch issued a statement that they "apologize for any offense caused" and that they "sincerely regret this choice", reiterating "how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again".
Dead Island: Riptide has been released in a variety of different editions, with a variety of extra physical and in-game content provided. - Standard version. - Lomited edition. - Special edition. - Survivor edition. - Rigor Mortis Collector's' edition. - Zombie Bait' edition.
On 9 June 2014, Dead Island 2 was announced during the PlayStation E3 press conference. Unlike the somber trailer, the new title's trailer is vibrant and comedic similar to the Dead Rising series. The game is being developed by Yager Development.
On 1 July 2014, Escape Dead Island was announced on The PlayStation Blog by Narrative Producer Alex Toplansky. The game is set to be release in fall 2014 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows.