Dead Island PS3/360 patch date and details

By Robert Purchese Published 8 November, 2011

O negative experience be gone.

The console versions of Dead Island will be patched this week. The PlayStation 3 version of Dead Island will be updated first on Wednesday, 9th November, followed a day later on Thursday, 10th November, by the Xbox 360 version.

These fixes are already available on PC.

Dead Island developer Techland put the Bloodbath Arena DLC on hold until fixes such as those below could be rolled out.

What the status of the Bloodbath Arena DLC is now, we're not sure. Bloodbath Arena adds four maps each with endless waves of zombies to co-operatively hack to pieces.

The Dead Island console changes are listed below.

Eurogamer talks through captured Dead Island gameplay.

Gameplay improvements

  • Level cap raised to 60
  • New blueprints for weapon mods added
  • Infected damage reduced
  • Infected no longer interrupt player attacks
  • A series of improvements to subsequent playthroughs implemented:
  • quest XP rewards adjusted
  • XP rewards for challenges adjusted
  • in subsequent playthroughs XP is awarded for all quests completed in co-op
  • Purna's ammo carrying capacity increased by 50%
  • Character state from a save game can now be loaded when using the Start from Chapter option
  • New balancing option added: enemy levels can now be adjusted independently for each co-op player
  • Players respawn with more health
  • Picklock skill level required to open a lock is now clearly indicated
  • Improved rewards in weapon crates
  • All weapon crates now contain rewards
  • Kick ability balanced, now requires stamina
  • Items can now be picked up instantly; this is reflected in adjusted animations

Fixes and interface improvements

  • Fix: players are no longer left without a weapon after dropping the equipped item and healing with a medkit.
  • Fix: equipped items no longer swap mysteriously after drinking an energy drink
  • Tweak: healing with medkits from inventory works better, makes smarter choices of medkits
  • Fix: loot from dead enemies is now always identical for all co-op players
  • Fix: Purna no longer finishes her Fury with fists equipped
  • Fix: map tracking after death
  • Fix: zone info in the quarantine zone (City of Moresby)
  • Tweak: respawn point selection is now smarter

General

  • Improved stability and network performance in co-op
  • Quest and reward fixes implemented
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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • GiarcYekrub #1 7 months ago

    I haven't seen this in any shops where I live

  • Yeoung #2 7 months ago

    This'll be a great title down the line when I've finished all the upcoming single player stuff. At that point I'll push my mate into getting this as well and we'll have some zombie fun. I'm guessing by the time I'm done with Skyrim, AC:R, Rayman Origins, Tekken Hybrid, Batman:AC, KoFXIII, UMvC3, Limbo, Outland, Ibb and Obb, Bomberman Ultra and Borderlands 2, Dead Island will have dropped in price a bit.

    then again, maybe by that time I'll already be excited somewhat more for Dead World. Eh, we'll see.

  • CaptainQuint #3 7 months ago

    Funnily enough I've still got this somewhere in my pile, rented from LoveFilm ages ago. Never did get round to finishing it. Was going to send it back for the time being, but after checking my LF account earlier today I immediately noticed it had strangely vanished from my "Titles at home" list! There suddenly appears to be no record of me ever being sent it...

  • Liquidoodle #4 7 months ago

    Oooooo maybe I can save my corrupted Level 45 character :p *hopes and crosses fingers*

  • kinky_mong #5 7 months ago

    @Yeoung: It's starting to appear for £25 in a lot of places now.

  • UnblestCarpet #6 7 months ago

    Too late. Sold this a month ago...

  • login_name #7 7 months ago

    Some of those "fixes" still aren't fixed in the PC version (weapon crates spring to mind). Also, weapon swapping is much worse now than it was before the patch. Logan is a major chore to play.

    Lets hope these issues are fixed in teh console version and patched quickly into the PC version.

    The changes to challenge XP can also make a new player skip a ton of levels. As an example, I started a Purna playthrough and jumped from lvl2 to lvl18 by completing one challenge.

  • Dr_Phibes666 #8 7 months ago

    Such a good game, i really hope this rises above its indie roots and starts a new franchise. for me this is the game i hoped Dead Rising would become. but...if you're going to put guns in your game half way through, pls spend more time with the dynamics.
    P

  • Doctor_What #9 7 months ago

    I hear this is a decent game - I'm planning on picking it up in a month or two with a mate to play online. Good to hear they're supporting it on the consoles.