One source pointed to The Game Awards, slated for this December, as the natural venue for the game’s re-reveal. In other news, Bungie is suing cheaters and abusers because it’s “good business,” and Kojima Productions NFTs aren’t happening (yet).A new report claims the Dead Island 2 is at long last gearing up to escape from development hell.Īccording to the usually reliable Tom Henderson, writing over at Try Hard, sources close to the project believe the co-op zombie game, stuck in limbo for nearly a decade, will reemerge into public view by the end of this year. The torch was then passed to THQ Nordic until Dambuster took the reins in 2019. Yager Development was slated to develop the game next, but creative difference forced it to split with Deep Silver, resulting in Yager’s backruptcy. Nearly rivaling the infamous development of Duke Nukem Forever, the game was first meant to be created by Techland until it understandably went with Dying Light instead. That’s assuredly vague, but it’s looking less likely that it will hit the Q4 2022 release window as previously reported.ĭead Island 2 has had a tumultuous production, to say the least.

Since then, a financial call with Deep Silver and parent company Embracer Group suggested that the game would release some time before the end of the fiscal year on March 31, 2023. In mid-February, Henderson revealed that there was a possibility that the Dead Island 2 release date would slip into 2023. The focus of the gameplay will be on co-operative play, similar to the original Dead Island, while the cast of about five to six characters is entirely new.

One source who had the chance to playtest the game said that it was now the person’s “most-anticipated game.” The sequel will apparently still take place in various locations around California like Hollywood and San Francisco. Multiple sources claim that Dead Island 2 is in a “decent state of development,” according to Henderson’s new report at Try Hard Games.

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