The road to Dead Island 2 was longer than most. In 2011, Techland and Deep Silver released the first Dead Island, a sort of zombie-themed take on Borderlands. Following a couple of expansions and spinoffs, Dead Island 2 was announced way back in 2014. We’ve been covering it since then! The undead sequel changed development hands a few times o...
Dead Island 2 is a huge game, but games can always be bigger. Today's update adds the new ability to switch skins for the playable characters. All six characters get a free unlockable skin, and premium skins can be purchased as well. Additionally, Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver have announced Twitch drops and the contents of paid expansions that will be arriving in the future.
Fans waited many years for Dead Island 2, the sequel to the classic first-person zombie killing game. This year, the game finally became a reality thanks to Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver. Teaming up with friends to battle the undead in 3-player online co-op is even more fun than before thanks to the well-written story, great graphics, and a killer soundtrack. That soundtrack is now available to buy and/or stream in a variety of platforms.
Back in 2011 we saw the release of the first Dead Island and a sequel was stated to be in development soon after. While Dead Island Riptide did follow with a 2013 release, a proper sequel, Dead Island 2, was also revealed to be coming through a very memorable announcement trailer that came out in 2014. Since then there has been periodic news that made it seem like the game would never see the light of day, but as of this writing, Dead Island 2 now appears on the Xbox Marketplace as an item available for pre-order with a slated December 2019 release date.
Last summer Deep Silver announced that Yager, the German developer best known for Spec Ops: The Line, was being dropped from the next title in the Dead Island franchise, Dead Island 2. Since that time there's been very little news about the project. It appears a new developer has now been found.
Dead Island 2 was noticeably absent from E3 this year. We spotted the beginnings of the title last year and had high hopes for what the game would do in the hands of a brand new developer in Yager Interactive. But alas all was not well with the game's publisher Deep Silver not happy with the direction or progress of the title, sending along an official statement on the development status.
2015 is tossing another one of its biggest tent pole games to it's slightly younger brother, 2016. Developer Yager announced via their Twitter page that Dead Island 2 would be delayed until sometime next year. Maybe they need to take another year of speculation on why it's called Dead Island 2, when it takes place on the continental US. That's not an island, people! That's like making a game called Dead Caverns and setting it in a dimly lit parking garage.
While the launch date of the Dead Island 2 beta still has yet to be announced, publisher Deep Silver has revealed that the first 30 days will be exclusive to PS4. This means that PC and Xbox One owners will have to wait a month longer than the PS4 counterparts.
The most surprising thing about Dead Island 2 isn't the scenic Californian setting, or the up-beat soundtrack, or even the wacky tone in contrast to the first game's solemn feel. Learning DI2 features eight player co-op, though? That's pretty weird. I don't know even one other person that would willingly vault into a zombie-infested sector of the West Coast, let alone seven.
Featuring more blood than a vampire's emergency food supply, the Dead Island 2 Sunshine & Slaughter Trailer shows off a welcome amount of zombie annihilation and mayhem gameplay, just in time for Gamescom.
A few months after the events of the first Dead Island, the infection spread to the continental United States and the state (island?) of California has been quarantined by the government. While the zombie outbreak is under control in Dead Island 2, there are still uninfected humans inside the quarantine zone. The catch here is that these uninfected...
Deep Silver publishing has released a few Dead Island games since the initial one hit back in 2011 with a trailer that was equal parts terrifying and poignant with a soundtrack that was evocative of the TV show "Lost." The FPS zombie killing co-op loot fest is back in a direct sequel, Dead Island 2, with a trailer that's a little more upbeat and comical, but just a touch disturbing and subversive in its own right.
