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Dead Island 2 is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the sequel to the 2011 video game Dead Island and the third major installment in the Dead Island series. Set several months after the events of Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide, Dead Island 2 differentiates itself from its predecessors by taking place in the city of Los Angeles, which has been quarantined due to the zombie outbreak. The game is scheduled to be released on April 28, 2023.

Dead Island 2
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Developer(s)	Dambuster Studios[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)	Deep Silver
Series	Dead Island
Engine	Unreal Engine 4[1]
Platform(s)	PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
Release	April 28, 2023
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Announced in 2014, the game has undergone a difficult development period due to multiple changes with the studios working on it. Yager Development was originally hired to develop Dead Island 2 in 2012, but was removed from the project in 2015 and replaced by Sumo Digital the following year. Sumo Digital was also removed, with Dambuster, an internal studio of Deep Silver, becoming the developers in 2019.[2]

Gameplay

Dead Island 2 takes place in an open-world Los Angeles and San Francisco. The game's combat has different mechanics than its predecessors. Dead Island 2 also includes several features from its predecessors, such as the "rage" and crafting systems.

Plot

A couple of months after the events of Dead Island, the United States Armed Forces has put California under a full quarantine restricted zone due to a new and stronger zombie outbreak.

Development

Techland was originally set to develop Dead Island 2, but instead they decided to focus on developing Dying Light with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.[3] Deep Silver went looking for a developer until Yager Development pitched the game to Deep Silver in Q3 2012 and got the deal.[4] Yager established a new division, Yager Productions GmbH, for development of Dead Island 2.[5] As announced at Sony's E3 2014 media briefing, Dead Island 2 will be more vibrant than its predecessors.[6] The game was originally scheduled for a Q2 2015 release.[7]

At Gamescom 2014, Deep Silver demonstrated gameplay footage from an early version of the game. According to the presented content, the game is set in California, including landmarks such as the Santa Monica Pier and Hollywood, as well as many locations in San Francisco. Similarly, only a fraction of the weapon modifications and the new zombies have been shown at the stage. Furthermore, Deep Silver stated that the game will feature four playable characters,[8] though only two were shown at the Gamescom Demo. It will also feature eight-player cooperative multiplayer.[9]

In July 2015, Deep Silver announced that Yager has been dropped from developing the game and development would be moved to another unnamed developer.[10] The managing director of Yager Development, Timo Ullmann, later stated that the company's departure from the project occurred because "Yager and Deep Silver's respective visions of the project fell out of alignment".[11] Yager Productions filed for insolvency in July 2015.[12]

In March 2016, UK-based studio Sumo Digital announced that it had taken over the development.[13] In August 2017, Deep Silver reiterated that the game was still in development, making a similar statement again in July 2018.[14][15] In August 2019, THQ Nordic announced that development of the game had changed hands to Dambuster Studios, an internal studio of Deep Silver.[16]

A 2015 playable version of the still-under-development game while at Yager was leaked in June 2020.[5]

The game was shown at Gamescom 2022, where the February 3, 2023, release date was announced. On November 2022, it was announced that the game would be delayed until April 28, 2023 to allow additional development time.[17]

In popular culture

In 2022, a trailer for Goat Simulator 3 used elements from an early Dead Island 2 trailer as a bait-and-switch before revealing the titular goats.[18]

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На других языках

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- [en] Dead Island 2

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[es] Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2 es un videojuego de terror, tipo videojuego de rol de acción desarrollado por Dambuster Studios, distribuido por Deep Silver para PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X y Series S, Google Stadia y Microsoft Windows. Siendo una secuela de los títulos Dead Island y Dead Island: Riptide esta entrega se diferencia de sus antecesoras al tomar lugar en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, que fue puesta en cuarentena después de una invasión zombie.

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[fr] Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2 est un jeu vidéo d'action-aventure de type survival horror, développé par Dambuster Studios et édité par Deep Silver. Il s'inscrit dans le même univers que Dead Island.

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[ru] Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2 — компьютерная игра в жанре action/RPG, разрабатываемая британской студией Dambuster Studios, издателем игры выступает компания Deep Silver. Релиз игры состоится 3 февраля 2023 года на платформах Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One и Xbox Series X/S[1].

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