Deep Silver has announced that its Dead Island: Epidemic closed beta has begun and allows gamers to team up and fight the zombie threat in the first ZOMBA (Zombie Online Multiplayer Battle Arena) game. To sign up for the beta gamers are advised to head on over to www.playdie.net. Dead Island: Epidemic places 3 teams of players against each other in a mad fight for survival featuring elements from the series. The full game will be a free to play title for PC platforms.