A tropical island resort becomes a place of nightmares after a mysterious epidemic turns the majority of inhabitants into bloodthirsty zombies As one of four playable characters your goal is to complete missions necessary for your survival which means battling throngs of the undead with a variety of customizable weapons and finding a way off the fictitious island of Banoi Dead Island features an openworld environment in a campaign that supports up to four players for dropin dropout cooperative action The two male and two female characters have different strengths and weaknesses which can be offset to a degree by leveling up Experience points earned in combat can be used to improve a characters attributes and fighting skills When firearms and ammo are in limited supply youll be able to engage enemies in handtohand combat with axes machetes knives clubs and similar edged or bludgeoning weapons that will degrade over time Explore the islands urban areas forests mountain highlands caves beaches and other locales from a firstperson perspective or utilize an overtheshoulder view for melee combat The Game of the Year Edition for Xbox 360 includes new blueprints and weapons the original Dead Island and its two main DLC releases the multiplayer Bloodbath Arena and the singleplayer Ryder White campaign