Keeping Dead Island 2’s feet on the ground and keeping it simple might be the best way to move on from its difficult past.”ĭead Island 2 is bound for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X next year. Developer Dambuster Studios and publisher Deep Silver have announced that Dead Island 2’s release date has been moved up by one week, from April 28 to April 21. But maybe that’s the point, and maybe it’s no bad thing. Polygon played the latest version of Dead Island 2 this summer, and in our preview of the game, wrote, “It’s a far cry from the exhilarating, freewheeling, open-world traversal of Dying Light 2. By Tyler Fischer - Febru07:37 pm EST 0 Dead Island 2 is not only reportedly still happening, but its release date is apparently not very far away. Sumo, too, was ditched and in 2019, Deep Silver announced that development had been switched to an internal team: Homefront : The Revolution developer Dambuster Studios. The release date for Dead Island 2 is changing up once again, but for the first time, it's not a delay. studio Sumo Digital ( LittleBigPlanet 3, Crackdown 3) took over, and worked on Dead Island 2 in silence for two to three years. Dead Island 2 is expected to be released at midnight local time on April 21, but it’s worth noting that the game’s Xbox page in the US cites a time of 4:00am on April 21 for the unlock, so it. In 2015, Yager was dropped by Deep Silver, apparently over creative differences. It’s now believed to be in the works at Deep Silver’s. After Techland, creator of the original Dead Island and its stand-alone expansion Riptide, decided to follow its own path with the Dying Light series, Deep Silver tapped Yager ( Spec Ops : The Line) to develop a sequel. Dead Island 2 was announced back in 2014 and has a tumultuous development cycle that has seen a number of different companies at the helm. It has taken Deep Silver a decade and three developers to get here. Next month, Dambuster promises to release “an exciting new trailer and gameplay” at a Dead Island 2 showcase scheduled for Dec. For those of you who’ve been waiting for years, thank you for hanging in there with us.”ĭead Island 2’s new release date is April 28, 2023. “The delay is just 12 short weeks and development is on the final straight now we’re going to take the time we need to make sure we can launch a game we’re proud to launch. “The irony of delaying Dead Island 2 is not lost on us, and we are as disappointed as you undoubtedly are,” the publisher and developer said in a statement posted to Twitter. Publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios announced the zombie game’s latest delay on Thursday, acknowledging the black humor of Dead Island 2’s latest - and hopefully final - setback. The long-in-development Dead Island 2, originally announced in 2014 for a release the following year, and changing development studios twice since then, has been delayed once more.
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