Dead Island 2 Leak Says Game is Coming This Year

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When it comes to open-world zombie games, it’s hard not to think about either Dying Light or Dead Island. Fans of the genre and of these games have been waiting years for each title, with Dying Light 2 recently releasing after so long. Now, the question is where is Dead Island 2?

Dead Island 2 was announced at E3 2014 but has since passed through the hands of multiple developers. How much it resembles its E3 2014 trailer remains to be seen, but chances are, it could be a very different game. This development hell has had many worried about the game, although Deep Silver has reaffirmed that Dead Island 2’s still in development time and again. Despite this, a recent leak suggests that Dead Island 2 could be released this year.

Dying Light 2 Features Dead Island Easter Egg

Rumors live and die by their source, so it’s a good thing that this doesn’t come from some random, anonymous source on the internet. It comes from Tom Henderson, who has accurately leaked and reported on various games in the past, like Battlefield 2042. Henderson has reportedly been speaking with developers at Dead Island 2, who say that the game is going well and could very well release this year.

Per Henderson’s video, seen above, it seems a proper Dead Island 2 reveal (or re-reveal, as it were) could happen “pretty soon with some kind of gameplay trailer.” Getting Dead Island 2 trailers, news, and marketing going, not long after its primary competitor (Dying Light 2) released, would be a good sign in how confident the current developer, Dambuster Studios, is. One would assume that this would be before or around the E3 time period of events.

Henderson also reveals that the game begins on a plane during a zombie outbreak, causing it to crash into Hollywood