Dead Island 2 could be released by March 2023, Deep Silver’s parent company seemingly hints
Publisher Deep Silver could be gearing up to release Dead Island 2 in the next year, comments from its parent company Embracer Group have seemingly suggested.
Last week, it was claimed that the long-delayed title was shaping up well and could finally arrive this year.
During an Embracer earnings presentation on Thursday, the Q&A host commented on recent speculation about whether the game was still alive or not, before saying in an unofficial capacity that they believe it will be released during the company’s next fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2023.
“It very clearly is [still alive], and I at least expect the release this financial year, or sorry next financial year I should say,” he said. “So, is that reasonable and what can we expect from a title that has been in development for probably 10 years or so?”
Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors responded: “I can’t talk about Dead Island 2 because it’s not announced as such from the publisher. But we have just talked about [that] we have one unannounced AAA title… that you think is Dead Island 2, so it’s hard for me to comment further on that.
“But I am excited about unannounced titles,” he added with a laugh.
“Great, I’m excited you’re excited,” the host responded, leading to more laughter from Wingefors.
While not confirming anything directly, the conversation gave off the distinct impression that Dead Island 2’s release may finally be on the horizon.
Dead Island 2 was first announced in 2014 and has since suffered a series of delays and changes of developer.
It was originally in the works at Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager, before development duties were taken over by Sumo Digital. Dambuster, an internal Deep Silver studio, then took over development in 2019.
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