Watch Dead Island 2's Blood-Soaked Opening in New Gameplay Video | Push Square

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Believe it or not, Dead Island 2 is very nearly here. The game, thought to be lost to time, releases on 21st April 2023, and it's looking surprisingly promising. Its tongue-in-cheek (but no less grisly) take on a zombie apocalypse is on full display in this new video from IGN, documenting the opening few minutes of the open world adventure.

It looks like our protagonist wakes up badly injured following a catastrophic plane crash. After patching themselves up with a med kit, they head outside, where a flare indicates some fellow survivors. After making it to the group, they leave you behind as a horde of zombies approaches, and it's down to you to fend them off. Of course, it all gets pretty violent pretty fast.

We also get a brief glimpse of the protagonist's partial immunity to becoming a zombie; after being bitten, we see them zoning in and out of consciousness as they head towards an address written on their arm.

Only a couple of weeks to go before we all take a trip to Hell-A. Are you excited for Dead Island 2? Stomp some heads in the comments section below.

Having grown up alongside PlayStation, Stephen has developed an eclectic taste in video games and a wide knowledge of the medium, from small indie gems to the biggest AAA blockbusters. Ever hopeful that the Burnout series makes a miraculous return.

Oh man washing machine broke last week so had to get a new one. Was always 50/50 on getting this on release day but now washing machine has made that decision for me. At least I've already preordered Burning Shores for now and backlog always exists. Oh well good luck to those getting it day one, hope it reviews really well and ends up a fun zombie smashing must play

Looks great and seems fun, at least for some time