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Re-introduced in one of the most memorable trailers in recent years, Techland's undead-filled action game Dead Island was looking great when we saw it at GDC. Now the dev has dropped three new shots of its blood-soaked environments and a giant zombie in a straight jacket. See 'em after the break.

We spy new weapons and locations in these screenshots from GDC 2011!

#interview The little girl doesn't die. She's already dead. More »

So far, all the excitement has been about the incredible Dead Island trailer. Let's check out the actual game.

#impressions There is blood on the wall, a smear that drags down to the floor, bits of hair swaying gently in the breeze. I notice it not in the game booting up on the computer, but from my vantage sitting in a mock bamboo and straw cabana in an office tucked away in the Mascone Center. More »

#gdc Days after the haunting, evocative trailer for Dead Island showed the world that little girls can die in zombie outbreaks too, rumors hit that the game had landed a movie deal. That's not exactly true, the developers tell us. More »

After the recent extraordinary trailer for Dead Island, it’s safe to say our interests are piqued. So an interview with the developers detailing the numerous ways to slay zombies is just what we’re after. Fortunately, GameTrailers did just such a thing. Unfortunately it does not offer any in-game footage, but at least there’s a nice man explaining things.

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GDC: New Dead Island Screenshots

Last month's debut of the emotionally-charged trailer for Dead Island, a game completely forgotten (if ever known at all), instantly rocketed developer Techland's zombie vacation nightmare into the spotlight, spawning a number of homages and an absolute thirst to know: Could the game possibly be as good as the cinematic teaser?

After witnessing an all-too-brief gameplay demo at GDC this week, I began to answer that question for myself, likening Dead Island to a mash-up of Dead Rising 2, Borderlands, Breakdown and, to a much lesser extent than you'd think, Left 4 Dead 2 -- oh, and even some Far Cry 2 sprinkled in there. That sounds a bit chaotic, sure, but this is a zombie game.

Dead Island begins shortly after the zombie emergence depicted in the dramatic trailer, with players controlling one of four possible lead characters, each representing a different class. In the demo I was shown, the developer played as the "tank" character -- powerful, but slow.

Explore thousands of possible ways to slay the undead with this interview from GDC 2011.

You need an excuse to watch the Dead Island trailer yet again. It's getting obsessive and your coworkers are starting to stare. We get it. Thus, we bring you the literal version of the trailer. "No, no, this is a funny version. I'm not obsessed," you'll say. If you play it right, it just might work.

#humor The heart-rending Dead Island trailer is giving a touch of humor and lots of lyrics, literal lyrics, in this remake by Toby Turner. More »

#zombies Last week, the makers of zombie action game Dead Island released an unforgettable trailer for their upcoming game. They also released new screen shots of this undead paradise and they look pretty damn good too. More »

Update: Dead Island publisher Deep Silver states that the rights to a film adaptation of Dead Island have not been sold, though it claims to have received "a vast amount of inquiries" following the game's buzz-building trailer.

"We are looking for quality above all else for a movie based on Dead Island," says Klemens Kundtratitz, CEO of Koch Media (parent company of Deep Silver). "We want to do it the right way as film realizations of games (or vice versa) usually fail to deliver what the fans were looking for." The desire, according to Kundratitz, is to "work with someone who already has a proven track record with blockbuster movies."

Original story: Though Techland has already gotten a popular film out of its upcoming Dead Island game -- it was called "the trailer" -- one can presume that Hollywood's looking to sell something a bit longer (and more chronological, the test audiences will insist). The Wrap reports that the movie rights were already secured by the Sean Daniel Company and Union Entertainment in 2009, years before the zombie-infested horror game stepped back into the spotlight.

Union Entertainment, a talent management and production company focusing on video games, helped facilitate the creation of the first game based on The Darkness comic book series. It was also involved with The Red Star, a PlayStation 2 game based on the graphic novel of the same name and, according to The Wrap, currently holds the movie rights to Techland's Western shooter, Call of Juarez.

Dead Island is connected to producer Sean Daniel (Dazed and Confused, The Mummy, Pootie Tang), but there's no indication that it's progressed enough to even warrant a script writer yet. In other words, we'll find out if the game is as good as the trailer well before we decide whether the film ... is as good as the game.

Though Techland has already gotten a popular film out of its upcoming Dead Island game -- it was called "the trailer" -- one can presume that Hollywood's looking to sell something a bit longer (and more chronological, the test audiences will insist). The Wrap reports that the movie rights were already secured by the Sean Daniel Company and Union Entertainment in 2009, years before the zombie-infested horror game stepped back into the spotlight.

Union Entertainment, a talent management and production company focusing on video games, helped facilitate the creation of the first game based on The Darkness comic book series. It was also involved with The Red Star, a PlayStation 2 game based on the graphic novel of the same name and, according to The Wrap, currently holds the movie rights to Techland's Western shooter, Call of Juarez.

Dead Island is connected to producer Sean Daniel (Dazed and Confused, The Mummy, Pootie Tang), but there's no indication that it's progressed enough to even warrant a script writer yet. In other words, we'll find out if the game is as good as the trailer well before we decide whether the film ... is as good as the game.

#remix Actually, this recut by IGN probably makes the story even worse. At least in the original, we know the little girl dies, and the focus then becomes the struggle. Here, the payoff of that struggle is a child's death. More »

If the excellent Dead Island teaser trailer was the vacation, consider these screenshots a reminder that you have to be back at work on Monday. (Though it does help if you have some elegiac piano music to accompany these shots of a beautiful but spoiled paradise.)

See the creep-tastic Cinematic Trailer played out in normal order and watch it tell a whole different type of story.

It's been acknowledged here at Joystiq HQ that the Dead Island trailer released earlier this week is pretty much a jaw dropper. Unfortunately, about half of it also backwards and in slow motion, which seems like kind of an oversight for the Dead Island marketing department. Thankfully, the editors at G4 have rectified the situation and pieced the trailer together in its proper chronological order.

Also, as an experiment, they remixed the trailer again, this time tossing in some cheerful music and goofy sound effects. Let this be a reminder to all the aspiring trailer artists out there: It's all in the editing. Check out both remixes after the break.

The game many years in the making gets new life with this cryptic Cinematic Trailer.

Worst. Vacation. Ever.

Isn't it time we got up close and personal with zombies again?