Being set in Los Angeles, I couldn’t help but reminisce the few years I lived out in sunny California (though LA was kind of a nightmare to navigate). Like many, I had been wowed by that stellar trailer for the original Dead Island but disappointed the game didn’t deliver any similar gut punches.ĭead Island: Riptide was one of the first cooperative games I played with a group of fellow writers and reviewers before it was fully release. It’s assumed that Dead Island 2 will be available for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.Dead Island 2 is a bit of a nostalgia bomb for me.Īt perhaps my last or second-to-last E3 I sat in a room and watched an early demo of the game. Official Deep Silver November 11, 2018Įven if Dead Island 2’s development is happening behind closed doors it’s clear that there’s a community that is still excited about the game’s eventual release. When directly questioned about the state of Dead Island 2 Deep Silver responded on Twitter this month:ĭead Island 2 is still in development, we’ll have more to share at a later date. It was an unexpected and frankly uncalled for game that frustrated the awaiting Dead Island community. Back in July of this year Deep Silver and Fishlabs released Dead Island: Survivors, which is a mobile, tower-defense game. However, the entire franchise has not been left untouched, which has left some fans wondering. A game engine seemed to be in place for the supposed cooperative zombie-survival game, but in the two years since Sumo Digital has taken over fans have been left in the dark. Since the change in developer, not much has been publicly released about Dead Island 2. Check out our previous discussion on Deep Silver making this change. Sumo Digital, the studio responsible for LittleBigPlanet 3, took over in place of Yager after the developer filed for insolvency.

So four years later the gaming community is asking: Where is the game? Back in 2016 Deep Silver stated that while the game was pegged to release that year, they would be getting a new developer.

Dead island 2 at e3 2018