Screenshots in the Amazon listing suggest the sequel will focus on melee combat, just like the first game.Īccording to the listing, the Day One edition of Dead Island 2 will include the Memories of Banoi DLC pack, netting you an in-game baseball bat, club, weapon perk, and character skill card. For starters, Dead Island 2’s roster of playable characters has been expanded to six, from the four initially announced back in 2014. We expect some hefty changes have been made since Dambuster took over the project. Come 2019, however, publisher THQ Nordic revealed Homefront: The Revolution developer Dambuster Studios was developing the game. Keep it locked to Gamesradar for more news on the troubled zombie RPG as we get it.Dead Island 2 was originally under development at Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager, before Sumo Digital – the studio behind Sackboy: A Big Adventure – announced it had taken ownership of the project in 2016. Henderson even teased some details of Dead Island 2’s plot: “You’re on a plane and there’s a zombie outbreak on a plane… eventually the plane crashes into Hollywood, you survive and it’s then your job to survive on the ground.”ĭead Island 2 being brought back from the dead feels fitting, really. Industry insider Tom Henderson last week reported that the game is in good shape, stating in a YouTube video that “A release date is expected to be somewhere in Q4 2022, possibly leading up to next year if there are any problems with the development cycle.” This vague conversation isn’t the only bit of positive Dead Island 2 news that’s being doing the rounds recently. Unfortunately, it seems Sumo also ran into troubles with the title, with development of the game being handed over a third time, to Homefront: The Revolution creators, Dambuster in 2019. The zombie sequel was originally being developer by Spec Ops: The Line creators Yager, before later being handed to Sumo Digital. After debuting with an eye-catching trailer, no further footage of the game has been seen. Dead Island 2 was first announced in 2014. While this is far from an official confirmation, it spells surprisingly good news for a game that many assumed would never see the light of day.

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