Deep Silver has announced that Dead Island Riptide will hit stores on April 23rd in North America and April 26th internationally for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. At launch, the game will receive a Special Edition with “tempting extras in your survival arsenal” including exclusive weapon mods, a digital strategy map and a unique character skin. The Special Edition will be limited and sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Deep Silver also showed off the game’s box art, seen below:

According to Deep Silver, Dead Island Riptide adds “additional gameplay mechanics, all-new gorgeous locales to explore, more types of zombies to provide constant threats, an additional character class and the best co-operative zombie action experience in gaming.” Riptide will be available at a discount and Deep Silver is seeking fan feedback regarding a possible Collector’s Edition.

For more on what’s new in Dead Island Riptide, read our impressions from PAX.

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