Dead Island 2: Story, Setting, Release Date
After nine years of development, is finally close to being in the hands of players, with a whole new cast, location, and variety of zombies to slay. Despite these new features, publisher Deep Silver, and developer Dambuster Games have revealed core gameplay that still looks familiar to long-term fans of the franchise who are eager to re-enter its post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world.
From the start, 's marketing signaled a tonal change from and 's more somber cinematic trailers. Although it didn't showcase gameplay, the original E3 reveal for was far livelier to mirror the sequel's change in location, with a jogger gradually transforming into a zombie as L.A descends into chaos around him while the upbeat song «The Bomb» plays. After this announcement, the title went through a turbulent development until 's gory re-reveal at Gamescom's 2022 Opening Night Live event showed gameplay for the final product.
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After several delays and developer changes since its 2014 reveal, is finally due to release this year. After many release date rumors for Deep Silver and Dambuster Games previously made the announcement that it would be targeting an April 28 release date (which in itself was delayed from a February 2023 release window), but as the title achieved Gold status (meaning that a title is completed and in a state that its publisher has determined to be good enough to ship), the developers issued a statement on the website saying, "", bringing the release date forward by a week.
As expected of any title released in 2023, 's PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions will lead its console release alongside PC, where it's exclusive to the Epic Games Store at launch (although as with most PC
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