GamesBeat weekly roundup: A new social gaming King, big Xbox announcement May 21, and more

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Dead Island: Riptide is a zombie game still searching for brains (review)

Publisher Deep Silver is back to take you on another zombie-infested tropical getaway. But does Dead Island: Riptide breathe new life into its genre, or is it just a walking corpse?

Saints Row’s Deep Silver is the opportunistic, gamer-focused publisher that we deserve

How Deep Silver seized an opportunity to become one of the most interesting publishers in gaming.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney Infinity, torsos, and violence in video games

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters vs. Dead Island: Riptide’s mutilated torso girl!

The world took offense at Dead Island: Riptide's special edition statue of a headless bikini girl, but our panel of iconic game characters has suggestions for even worse replacements.

The Dead Island: Riptide reaction was an equality fail

Deep Silver's provocative collector's edition was quickly assaulted by online media and communities. This is not how equality works.

Milkshake Resolved: A Dead Island Riptide poem

Dealing with issues regarding Dead Island: Riptide's Zombie Bait edition in rhyme. This marketing goof is a serious crime. Stop by and have a read. Fuel the change that gaming needs.

Dead Island Riptide developer apologizes for special edition’s severed torso statue

The zombie game features a scantily clad female torso with its limbs ripped off.

Celebrate Halloween early by preordering Dead Island: Riptide and getting free in-game goodies

You can return to the zombie-infested tropical paradise early next year, but if you preorder now, you can get some exclusive content.