10 "Deluxe Editions" Of Video Games That Insulted Fans
3. Dead Island: Riptide's Tasteless Zombie Bust
Trying to market a zombie-themed game back in 2013 was getting increasingly difficult as seemingly every game had a zombie mode or undead DLC, so it's not surprising that Dead Island: Riptide developers Techland and publisher Deep Silver resorted to drastic measures to market the special edition of their new game. What WAS surprising was the completely tasteless bust that they decided should come bundled with the European and Australian exclusive "Zombie Bait" edition of their game.
Anyone who decided they needed the Weapon Pack DLC, Steel Case and Collectible Artwork also got a grotesque 31cmh resin statue of a bloody women's torso clad in a Union Jack bikini. It seems hard to see how anyone could really want a bloody, de-limbed torso, but that's what your £99 pounds were paying for.
It's difficult to see how Deep Silver didn't foresee the overwhelmingly negative response to what amounts to a literal objectification of women, being a de-limbed zombie torso. When the edition was initially released, Deep Silver's PR department argued that they wanted to release a 'unique collector's edition', which I guess is technically true. Nonetheless, a terrible call, deserving of the uproar it caused.