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"Dead Island Riptide publisher Deep Silver has responded to complaints over its controversial &amp;#039;Zombie Bait Edition&amp;#039;. Revealed yesterday (January 15), the collector&amp;#039;s edition package includes a statue depicting the mutilated torso of a bikini-wearing holiday maker.  The publisher said: &amp;quot;We deeply apologize for any offence caused&amp;quot; by the statue, citing regional differences for planning to release it in Europe and Australia. &amp;quot;Like many gaming companies, Deep Silver has many offices in different countries, which is why sometimes different versions of Collector&amp;#039;s Editions come into being for North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia,&amp;quot; read a statement. &amp;quot;For the limited run of the &amp;#039;Zombie Bait Edition&amp;#039; for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island.  The statement continued: &amp;quot;We sincerely regret this choice. We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver&amp;#039;s entire international team today. &amp;quot;For now, we want to reiterate to the community, fans and industry how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again.&amp;quot; After it was revealed members of the games industry took to Twitter to blast the statue, calling it &amp;quot;just awful&amp;quot; and not &amp;quot;even remotely defensible&amp;quot;. Gallery: Images of Dead Island Riptide:  Dead Island Riptide will continue directly where the original Dead Island left off, and adds a new playable character and a new island under siege by a monsoon. It will be available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC from April 23, 2013 in North America and April 26, 2013 in Europe, and will offer a number of special editions. &amp;gt; Digital Spy&amp;#039;s preview of Dead Island Riptide Watch a trailer for Dead Island Riptide:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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