Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2
Publisher(s) Deep Silver
Composer(s) Wilbert Roget
Series Dead Island
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)

Release date(s)
  • 2016
Genre(s) Action role-playing, survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dead Island 2 is an upcoming action role-playing survival horror video game that was in development by German developer Yager Development, but is now being developed by an unnamed studio, and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the sequel to 2011 video game Dead Island and the third major installment in the Dead Island series. The game's main storyline is set several months after the events of Dead Island and Escape Dead Island. Unlike its predecessors, which took place on islands as the titles state, Dead Island 2 takes place in locations in California.

Gameplay

Dead Island 2 features a new open world. The game takes place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and an undisclosed third location in California, unlike the first game which was set on the island of Banoi off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The game's combat has different mechanics than its predecessors. Dead Island 2 also includes several features from its predecessors, such as the Rage system, which gives the player a temporary boost, and the crafting system.

Plot

Several 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 zombie outbreak. It is unknown how the infection started.[1][2]

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 Summer 2012 and got the deal.[4] As announced at Sony's E3 2014 media briefing, Dead Island 2 will be more vibrant than its predecessors.[5] The game was originally scheduled for a spring 2015 release,[6] but for now, it maintains a placeholder date on various merchant websites[7][8] and has been delayed until 2016.[9][10]

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,[11] though only two were shown at the Gamescom Demo. It will also feature eight-player cooperative multiplayer.[12]

In July 2015, Deep Silver announced that Yager has been dropped from developing the game and development will be moved to another unnamed developer.[13] The managing director of Yager Development, Timo Ullmann, later stated that the company's departure from the project is due to the massive differences in the respective vision for the game between the two companies, which according to him, had "fell out of alignment".[14] As a result, the game's separate development team, Yager Productions GmbH, filed for insolvency in July 2015.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Dead Island 2 Wiki Guide". IGN. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dead Island 2 Plot". www.techvicity.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Kollar, Phil. "Dead Island 2". Polygon. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (1 July 2014). "California Dreamin': Dead Island 2 embraces the slaughter". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dead Island 2- Official E3 Announce Trailer | PS4". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Good, Owen (9 June 2014). "Dead Island 2 announced, planned for Spring 2015". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dead Island 2". GameStop. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Amazon.com: Dead Island 2: PlayStation 4: Video Games". amazon.com. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Karmali, Luke (30 April 2015). "Dead Island 2 Delayed to 2016". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Futter, Mike (30 April 2015). "Dead Island 2 Delayed Until Next Year". Game Informer. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "New developer Yager reveals what it calls "the smallest MMO in the world."". Polygon. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  12. ↑ Purchese, Robert (June 12, 2014). "Dead Island 2 has opt-out 8-player multiplayer". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ Futter, Mike (July 14, 2015). "Deep Silver Drops Yager As Developer Of Dead Island 2". Gameinformer. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ Matulef, Jeffery (July 15, 2015). "Dead Island 2 is no longer being made by Yager". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  15. ↑ Hurley, Leon (July 29, 2015). "Yager's fine. It's just the Dead Island 2 bit that's shut down". GamesRadar. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

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