Highlights
- Dead Island 2 by Dambuster Studios shows promise after a turbulent development history.
- The game has gained a large player base of 7 million and received critical acclaim.
- Expect exciting updates and more DLC expansions in the near future.
Dambuster Studios, the studio behind Dead Island 2, has good news for the game regarding its future. Dead Island 2 has been through a lot, even before release, but it seems things are looking up.
Back in 2014, Dead Island 2 was revealed to the public at Sony’s E3 press conference by following a runner taking a stroll down the pier and slowly turning into a zombie. Bits and pieces surrounding the game came out over time, yet information became stagnant and the project went into development hell. Different game studios like Sumo Digital and Yager Development took on the title, yet none worked out. Then, in 2019, Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios took over and Dead Island 2 was re-revealed at Gamescom 2022, a full eight years after its original announcement, and released on April 21, 2023.
One Year Later, Dead Island 2 Proves Persistence Pays Off
After a rough path to release, Dead Island 2’s first anniversary shows how navigating through its developmental difficulties resulted in success.
Since its launch, players have been enjoying the gore-filled gameplay of Dead Island 2 and have wondered what would be next. On May 8, Dambuster Studios released a post on the official Dead Island 2 website celebrating a year since its launch. In said post, it addressed the future of the game, stating that the next few months will be full of exciting updates and for fans to stay tuned.
Also mentioned in the post is that the game has amassed 7 million players and zombie death totals up to 24 billion. Regarding Dead Island 2’s reputation, Dambuster Studios brings up their recent nominations at the 2023 Game Awards and BAFTAs in the Action and British game categories, respectively. Dead Island 2 has had two DLCs so far, Haus and SoLA, though it seems they may not be the final ones for the game.
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Slaying the Night Away in Dead Island 2
As mentioned before, Dead Island 2 has seen general praise from players regarding its gory gameplay. As the follow-up to the iconic original Dead Island, it’s delivered on what made fans fall in love with the franchise back in 2011. With the zombie genre of games making a comeback with Dying Light 2 and the Resident Evil 4 remake, Dead Island 2 brings the serious subject into a fun and bloody romp into modern-day Los Angeles, aptly titled Hell-A.
With the last two DLC releases for Dead Island 2 expanding the open-world, fans can only imagine what the team at Dambuster Studios has in store for the game and its fans next.
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Dead Island 2 is scheduled to release in February 2023, almost ten years after it was originally announced. The game has switched development studios twice in that time; it was originally developed by German company Yager Development, then by British studio Sumo Digital, before another British company, Dambuster Studios, took over.
- Franchise
- Dead Island
- Released
- April 21, 2023
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG
