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.
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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 (reaffirming Dead Island 2’s California setting) and forcing players to survive this crash and the outbreak. Notably, the game’s first synopsis suggested the entire of California was quarantined, and so it could be building on that. Finally, Henderson says Dead Island 2’s release date could be around Q4 2022.
Henderson also states that it could end up releasing in early 2023 if there are any issues with development, but this is a reality of the gaming industry right now. Either way, Dead Island 2 is reportedly scheduled to release around Q4 2020 unless something changes. All in all, it sounds promising and hopefully lives up to the long-held expectations of Dead Island 2 fans. It’s worth mentioning that Dead Island 2 pre-orders still exist, years after its initial reveal, but those who have hopefully held on so long may finally get some real pay-off for that soon enough.
Dead Island 2 is in development.
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