Last we heard of Dead Island 2, follow-up to the Borderlands-style co-op zombiefest Dead Island, publisher Deep Silver had dumped developer Yager in favour of Sumo Digital. This was after being pushed back to 2016. Now, in 2018, the official Twitter account for the game has offered a scrap to undead fans regarding the title’s fate.
If you thought Dead Island 2 was about as alive as its shambling antagonists, think again. A few days ago, @deadislandgame dropped this morsel:
Dead Island 2 is still in development and we will share more on this at a later stage.
— Dead Island (@deadislandgame) July 4, 2018
Which was followed by this, less savour chunk:
Appreciate the wait is painful, we’ll be shouting about it on here as soon as we have news to share.
— Dead Island (@deadislandgame) July 4, 2018
So, the game isn’t dead. Things are still happening. Though I imagine Dying Light — made by original DI / DI 2 devs Techland — has already stolen a lot of its thunder.
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/07/dead-island-2-loses-developer/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1340742623607182766.png” title=”Dead Island 2 Loses Developer” excerpt=”We haven’t heard much about Dead Island 2 since it was announced at E3 2014. Get ready to not hear much about it for quite some time to come — publisher Deep Silver just announced that they’re dropping the developers, Yager.”]
@deadislandgame [Twitter]
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