There is no doubt that the Zombie Bait Edition of Dead Island Riptide has caused quite a stir. Enough was said to elicit a response from the team. They said:
For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition 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.
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’s entire international team today. 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.”
It is unclear if the Zombie Bait Edition will still be available or if it will be pulled entirely. That has yet to be seen, but stay tuned for further updates.