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Dead Island 2 will now release a week earlier on April 21

The long-delayed zombie shooter was first announced in 2014, and was stuck in development hell for eight years

February 14, 2023 / 15:50 IST
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The long-delayed zombie shooter, Dead Island 2, finally has good news for fans. It will now release a week earlier than previously announced, on April 21, 2023.

Dead Island's official twitter account announced that after eight long years in development, the game has finally gone gold, which means that principal work on the game has been finished.
Dead Island 2 is a sequel to the original game that was released in 2011, and was initially announced in 2014. Since then, the zombie shooter was stuck in development hell.

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The original developers, Yager Development, were booted off the project in 2015, and it was moved to Sumo Digital in 2016. Then Sumo Digital also got the boot, replaced by Dambuster Studios in 2019.

Then came the delays, the first official release date for the game was supposed to be February 3, 2023, but it was delayed to April 28, 2023, to give the studio more development time. The game will now release a week earlier on April 21, 2023.

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