A release date for Deep Silver’s follow up to the surprise hit open-world zombie survival game, Dead Island, has been officially announced.

The publisher announced that the sequel, which is titled Dead Island: Riptide, will arrive on April 23, 2013. A special edition of the game will also be available that will offer up a digital strategy map, weapons mods, and a unique character skin.

For those who haven’t heard, a sequel to the Deep Silver and Techland zombie apocalypse survival game, Dead Island, is on the way.

Just like the first trailer for Dead Island, which took the internet by storm upon its release (so much so that it led to a battle to acquire the movie rights well before the game arrived—later optioned by Lionsgate), a beautiful and haunting cinematic kicks things off for the sequel, which is titled Dead Island: Riptide.

The trailer isn’t quite as good as the one we saw for the first game, but still, it’s an excellent trailer well worth watching. You can watch it below now.

The video game deal over at Amazon today is Dead Island for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 for only $25 each (that’s 58% off the list price of $59.99) and for PC for only $26.29 (that’s 47% off the list price of $49.99).

Also part of today’s deal is Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension for Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 for only $19.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $39.99)

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being Sony’s “Long Live Play” Day, where you can save up to 50% on select Playstation 3 games like Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Dead Island, inFAMOUS 2, Resistance 3, Dungeon Siege III, and more, with some titles as low as $14.99.

Here’s a sample of some of the sale items:

– Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – $39.99
– Resistance 3 – $29.99
– Dead Island – $29.99
– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – $29.99
– God of War: Origins Collection – $19.99
– Dungeon Siege III – $24.99
– Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection – $14.99

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games, with today’s entry being PC Games & Accessories Day, where you can save up to 75% select action video games — with some as low as $4.99 — and up to 50% on select PC game accessories.

Here’s just a few of the items included in this sale:

– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Standard Edition Download – $19.99
– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Standard Edition PC – $19.99
– Dead Island Download – $19.99
– World of Warcraft: Cataclysm PC/Mac- $29.99
– LA Noire PC- $29.99
– Metro 2033 Download- $4.99