Assuming the next console generation hasn't started yet, of course. After a period of uncertainty, the project was taken over by Sumo Digital, which might explain the delays.ĭead Island 2 is slated to launch for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Meet other survivors of the zombie apocalypse and learn their stories along the way. Deep Silver opted to not pursue Techland as the developer for Dead Island 2 (now known was Dying Light) because of the blowback from the original game's misdirection with advertisement and the subsequent sales failure of Riptide. Techland developed the original Dead Island back in 2011, but moved onto Dying Light instead of a direct sequel. It was moved to another developer after Yager was fired. There were tiny glimmers of hope for Dead Island 2 to re-debut at E3 2018 with it popping up among retailers, most notably the Microsoft Store with the tagline of Welcome to Dead Island, where. This tweet from the official Dead Island account ( thanks GamesRadar) says there will be more to share at a later date. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Yesterday we reported on a new tower defense game using the Dead Island brand, and the follow-up was inevitable: What about Dead Island 2? The sequel was announced back in 2014, and the last we heard about it was 2017 - when Deep Silver said it was still development.ĭead Island 2 is still in development and we will share more on this at a later stage. With the recent launch of Survivors, Deep Silver reminds us that Dead Island 2 is still on the way.

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