Dead Island 2 still exists, apparently. The open-world zombie title, announced all the way back at E3 2014, has changed developers for a second time, making Dambuster Studios the third team to work on the project.
In a new report from publishing powerhouse THQ Nordic, it is explained that development of the Dead Island franchise and the second entry in particular has been entrusted to the team based in Nottingham, UK. Best known for its work on Homefront: The Revolution, it's not really the best track record to kick things off with. Still, let's hope this brings about some sort of progress for Dead Island 2. We can't help but feel that if it does make it to market, though, that next year's Dying Light 2 will most likely eat its lunch.
Do you think Dead Island 2 will ever make it to market? Cut off some zombie heads in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Looking good, then!
On dear as others have said just cancel it
... Wasn't the first one incredibly pants anyway? Who even wanted a second one?!
Homefront: The Revolution was pretty solid at the end. Sure it wasn't ready at launch but they turn it around with patches. Now it is solid 7/10 It have its problems but it is solid Far Cry clone.
@majklpetr Lets hope its solid now at the start. But its a mess and now they give it to a studio with a bad trackrecord its gonna bomb.
PS6 & Xbone 3 confirmed then!
Look on the bright side...that 2014 trailer trailer might actually resemble the in-game gfx by the time it comes out on next (next? ),gen...unlike the first game, right?! 😆
lol why the hell they give Dead Island 2 to worst studio is Damsbuster Studio who made worst game is Homefront Revolution that had alot worst glitches : very poor framerate, graphic glitches, boring story, horrible voice acting after i rented it to play for one hour then quit game
@Steel76 yes but i think Dambuster studio is also worst too
At this point the game probably only exists because its had over 5 years worth of development costs put into it. It most likely should have been canned a while back.
@Gatatog exactly, this is just a way to get some money out of it after all these years. I expect the game to be terrible...
I liked the first one though, it was made by the dying light team and was kind of buggy but still very fun to play.
at this point I don't know why they are bothering, this game has been put on hold for so long now that I've long forgotten about it.
I enjoyed playing the 2 Dead Island games. Played them on the PS3 and PS4. Nothing award worthy, but just the basic lots of stupid zombie fun i find amusing.
If DI2 is released i will definitely be interested.
Just cancel it and make a new ip.
@wiiware they did actually, that is what dying light 1&2 is.
Five plus years of development and two developer changes for a game that literally no one is excited for. Maybe it's a money laundering scheme?
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