Dead Island 2 co-op multiplayer guide: How to play the game with your friends

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With Dead Island 2 set to officially drop tomorrow, April 21, 2023, fans of the franchise will finally get to try out the latest entry after years of development delays. Based on some early reviews, there seems to be a lot to unpack in the title, from some incredibly cool ways to kill a zombie to booting up the game with friends and taking on the hoard.

However, not many in the community are aware of how they can go about enjoying the title with a friend. The co-op multiplayer feature is indeed going to be incredibly popular, however, that feature is not something that players will get to enjoy very early on in the game.

Hence today’s guide will specifically go over how you will be able to avail the co-op multiplayer feature in Dead Island 2 and enjoy the game with your friends.

To be able to slay zombies with friends on Dead Island 2 there are a few things that you will be required to do:

The multiplayer co-op feature will not be made available in Dead Island 2 before you have at least reached the “Call of the Cavalry” mission in the game. So make sure that you have played till that point before you look to try the game out with a friend.

It will take roughly an hour to reach that chapter, hence, there is not much time you will be required to invest.

After completing the aforementioned pre-requisite, you will then be required to set up a multiplayer lobby where you can add up to three friends.

To set it up,

Another thing you will need to keep in mind when trying to play Dead Island 2’s co-op mode will be to check the platform that your friends are on. Since the title does not feature crossplay compatibility, Xbox and PlayStation players will not be able to play with each other, nor can they play with PC users.

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