Free-to-play Dead Island Epidemic revealed

The Dead Island series is going free-to-play. Publisher Deep Silver announced Dead Island: Epidemic today, an all-new free-to-play ZOMBA (Zombie Online Multiplayer Battle Arena) game.

Dead Island: Epidemic pits three teams of players against each other in a "desperate fight for survival." The game is in development only for PC and is said to feature "all the trademark elements that are part of the a Dead Island experience."

More details on Dead Island: Epidemic will be announced during Gamescom 2013 in Cologne, Germany later this month. Deep Silver also told gamers to "stay tuned" for more details on the Dead Island universe itself in the time ahead.