

Everything you need to know about Dead Island 2. While still unconfirmed, an announcement at the event is certainly possible, if Deep Silver really has plans of releasing the game in late 2016. Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch, our show following everything PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. In addition, the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is one of the biggest events in the gaming industry, so an announcement at the event will have an impact on the game's release. Meanwhile, as fans wait for its sequel, the new "Dead Island: The Definitive Edition" has just been released. It's also worth noting that both the studio and the publisher declined to comment for the piece.ĭead Island 2's nine-year development cycle is one of the longest in recent memory for a game that actually released, joining such luminaries as Duke Nukem Forever (15 years) and Diablo 3 (11 years).The compendium for the PC version takes advantage of upgraded graphics and features, switching to a new engine and optimizing hardware in order to display 1080p at 60 fps and higher. In addition to that, the report says that the main culprit for the project's failure was Unreal Engine 4, which simply could not support the sort of open-world gameplay that Yager and Deep Silver imagined for the project. However, according to multiple sources, the game's publisher told Yager that it wanted the game to have eight-player seamless multiplayer, which was a huge shift in priorities. The project was set to be a more faithful Dead Island sequel that shared the original's campy tone and took place in a walled-off California. Now Playing: Dead Island 2 Everything To KnowĪccording to the report, Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager was hired to make Dead Island 2 primarily because the studio offered the lowest bid. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
