Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver have brought forward the release of Dead Island 2 after confirming the highly-anticipated game went gold.
Dead Island 2 is the long-awaited follow-up to 2011's action role-playing game Dead Island. The sequel was originally announced in 2023, with Dambuster overtaking rise in 2023.
Last November, the sport was delayed to April 28 2023 to allow developers time “to make sure we are able to launch a game we're proud to launch”.
Deep Silver has now confirmed that Dead Island 2 has gone gold, and also the release date has been brought forward. “You requested it, you have it. Dead Island 2 went gold and it’s coming out a week early,” said the tweet announcing the news.
“Zombie gore fest” Dead Island 2 will be released on April 21 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and also the Epic Games Store.
No reason was handed for that transfer of release dates, but earlier this year Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was delayed by six weeks in order to hit developer Respawn's “quality bar”, meaning it was looking for release on Dead Island 2's original launch date, April 28.
Earlier this season, creative director James Worrall and lead narrative designer Khan says Dead Island 2 is set ten years after the original and happens in La because “of the amazing eccentrics and self-confidence of the city.”
As along with teasing the “exciting” new skill tree, Khan explained that the level of gore gets too much “when it stops being funny and starts being disturbing.”
“We've worked very hard on making our gore hilariously over the top, therefore it stays funny,” she added.
“Dead Island 2 is really a unique formula of horror, dark humour and over-the-top zombie-slaying, spanning an epic pulp adventure,” reads the official description.
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