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Dead Island Survivors is mobile tower defense with zombies

Dead Island is back with Survivors - a tower defense spin-off for your smartphone.

The original Dead Island was a solid co-op game, all things considered. Unfortunately, follow-ups have been limited to various spin-off titles instead of direct sequels. That trend isn't about to change soon - Deep Silver has revealed a new mobile tower defense game called Dead Island: Survivors.

That said, the trailer is pretty good, if strangely upbeat compared to past games.

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Players must defend their islands from zombie hordes using traps, mazes, sentry guns, bombs, and more. You can even send your player character into the fray with a giant hammer and various consumable items. You can also team-up with other survivors for a co-operative multiplayer experience. As noted by Eurogamer, Survivors has been tested and soft-launched at various points over the past two years, but this finally marks the full release.

It's light-hearted compared to the original's tone, but it certainly looks fun for tower defense genre fans. Dead Island: Survivor is free-to-play on Android and iOS platforms.

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