'Dead Island' day-one patch to fix 37 issues

Dead Island will see a significant update on its first day of release.

The day-one patch will fix 37 issues, a bug that causes all inventory to disappear, adding improved enemy awareness and fixing various stability problems, according to Destructoid.

Developed by Call of Juarez: The Cartel studio Techland, Dead Island sees up to four players co-operatively fend off zombies on a tropical island.

Dead Island is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC from today in North America and this Friday, September 9 across Europe.

> Dead Island hands-on preview

Read the day-one patch list for Dead Island below:

• Fixed map synchronization when player joins during map load.
  
• Fixed saving player respawn position when playing in co-op mode.
  
• Fixed occasional inability to complete sidequests in Laboratory.
  
• Improved enemy awareness (zombies).
  
• Fixed occasional bug with NPC's hands bend (IK)
  
• Fixed spawning enemies in some quests after joining co-op game.
  
• Fixed showing locations on invisible NPCs.
  
• Fixed potential path blocker when quest "Knockin' on heaven's door" was completed before talking to Dominik during the "On the air" quest.
  
• Fixed displaying gather rings near some doors.
  
• Fixed enemy reaction to fire.
  
• Fixed enemies' health and stamina bars in co-op.
  
• Fixed filtering of games in lobby.
  
• Volume of pickup's engine has been increased.
  
• Fixed a number of issues causing game instability.
  
• Fixed the switching of maps upon player death.
  
• Fixed enemies unable to reach the player on some arenas.
  
• Thrown items cannot be picked up by co-op players for five minutes.
  
• Items from freshly opened containers cannot be picked up by other players for five seconds to prevent theft.
  
• Fixed animation glitch when trading with team members.
  
• More than one player can use a ladder at the same time.
  
• Fixed stomping execution animation when target's attacked by a second player.
  
• Fixed the infinite respawning of shooting enemies.
  
• Fixed not hiding menu if players die inside a vehicle.
  
• Fixed item level calculation when playing New Game Plus.
  
• Added information about players requesting pause in co-op.
  
• Fixed A.I. animation glitch after fast-travelling or using a map portal.
  
• Added distinction between quest checkpoints and other types of saves.
  
• Fixed bug causing all inventory to disappear.
  
• Fixed reloading and kicking. After the clip goes in, the reload is a success.
  
• Purna can gain bonus rage from both "Grim Inspiration" and "Inspiring Kick".
  
• Only "Walker" type enemies increase the extra XP of the "Combo" skill from Xian's Survival skill tree.
  
• Health regeneration is disabled during grabs.
  
• Focus on items in shops not changing after selling or buying.
  
• More HP for NPCs in escort missions.
  
• Butcher enemies won't spawn at all during escort missions (hooray!)
  
• Fixed tracking after loading checkpoint.
  
• Increased minimum vertical distance to count a waypoint as passed for NPCs (they no longer wander back-and-forth).

Watch Dead Island's launch trailer below: