Dead Island
IsDead Island 2still happening ? myopic answer : yes , it is - but it ’s not that simple . Techland developed the originalDead Islandgame for last - coevals console as well as PC , and although it received a tepid reception from critics , it sold quite well . In fact , sales were effective enough not only to greenlight a subsequence but also a fistful of expansion and spinoffs , includingDead Island : Riptidein 2013 andEscape stagnant Islandin 2014 as well as theDead Island : Definitive Editionin 2016 .
It seems thatDead Islandwas successful enough for publisher Deep Silver for them to consider expanding the title into a full - fledged enfranchisement , but doing so was easier said than done since it ’s been a long and arduous journey gettingDead Island 2out of development perdition . abstruse Silver originally announcedDead Island 2during Sony ’s E3 2014 press conference and said they contrive on releasing the sequel sometime in the second quarter of 2015 , with Yager Development taking the reigns from Techland who instead chose to makeDying Light(and now , Dying Light 2 ) .
Everything look promising when Yager and Deep Silver showcased early gameplay at Gamescom afterward that summer , highlighting its grand California setting along with some new zombies , weapon , and playable characters . Of course , they withhold some info until they were quick to show more close to launch , but the affair is , that launching never came . A few month after missing the planned spring 2015 freeing , Dead Island 2received a huge reverse when Deep Silver hit Yager as the sequel ’s developer .
As expected in every type of entertainment industriousness , Yager and Deep Silver divide onDead Island 2due to creative differences . It was n’t a year later , though , that Sumo Digital took over development onDead Island 2 , but seemingly working on the biz for over three years now , they have yet to produce anything to the public . In the years since Sumo Digital was hired to developDead Island 2 , they ’ve worked on theHitmanandForzaseries , as well as fully developCrackdown 3 , which itself view a act of delay before last relinquish in February 2019 .
Given that they ’ve been busybodied , it was possible that Sumo Digital did n’t have the prison term to dedicate toDead Island 2 . But afterCrackdown 3andTeam Sonic Racingreleased , Sumo Digital should ’ve commence employment onDead Island 2 . Unfortunately , that did n’t pass , seeing asDead Island 2is now being develop by Dambuster Studios ( viaIGN ) ; Sumo Digital is no longer working on the automaton biz , not even as a livelihood studio apartment . It ’s deserving noting that THQ Nordic , who acquired Deep Silver in 2018 , listedDead Island 2among as an upcoming game for Xbox One , PS4 , and PC . So it ’s very much on their minds ; it ’s just a matter of when it ’ll lastly release .
Last updated : August 14 , 2019
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