The zombie apocalypse is about to begin... again. Deep Silver is ready to kick off the closed beta for its free-to-play zombie MOBA, Dead Island: Epidemic. The zombie-killing MOBA has officially started its closed beta on PC.

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Zombie and MOBA fans can now sign up for the Closed Beta of Dead Island: Epidemic on the freshly re-launched website www.playdie.net and be part of the final stages of development, Deep Silver has announced.

Dead Island: Epidemic is a Free-to-Play PC title which "pits 3 teams of players against each other in a desperate fight for survival." All newly registered players can directly join the 30,000 Alpha testers before the official start of the Closed Beta. In addition to that, they will receive exclusive in-game items and rewards as the Closed Beta proceeds which they can keep afterwards.

“We received outstanding feedback from our Alpha testers and are looking very much forward to many new players who will join us and help us to make Dead Island: Epidemic the best possible ZOMBA experience”, said Isaac Parakhen, Brand Manager for Dead Island: Epidemic at Deep Silver. “Once the Closed Beta starts, we can’t wait to see players battling it out 24/7.”

Deep Silver has teased the first details about its upcoming 'ZOMBA' Dead Island: Epidemic, explaining that it "will be different in many ways" to popular MOBAs Dota 2 and League of Legends. "You are absolutely right and this is the reason why I would never try to develop another Dota or LoL," said creative director Guido Eickmeyer when asked whether he was worried the MOBA market could already be over-saturated during a Reddit AMA.

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Deep Silver today announced Dead Island: Epidemic, a new ZOMBA (Zombie Online Multiplayer Battle Arena) game set in the ever-expanding Dead Island universe.

Dead Island: Epidemic is a free-to-play PC title which will pit three teams of players against each other in a desperate fight for survival. The game will feature all the trademark elements that are part of a Dead Island experience.

More details will be announced during the upcoming gamescom 2013 in Cologne, so stay tuned for more on Dead Island Epidemic and the Dead Island universe as a whole.

Source: Press Release