Deep Silver has today announced a prequel story to the Dead Island series entitled Escape Dead Island which presents a graphic novel type third person survival experience leading up to the events in Dead Island and Dead Island 2. The game is being developed by Fatshark of Sweden and to mark the occasion released a gameplay trailer. The game will be available this Autumn on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms. For more details, head on over to the official website.

About Escape Dead Island:

ESCAPE Dead Island is a survival mystery that follows the story of Cliff Calo, who sets sail to document the unexplained events rumoured to have happened on Banoi. Arriving on the island of Narapela, part of the Banoi archipelago, he finds that not everything is as it seems. Haunted by Déjà vu, Cliff will have to make sense of it all throughout the entire game – again and again. This story-driven adventure lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak. Escape is only the beginning…