Dead Island 2 (PC/PS4/XB1)

[6souls]

Hello everyone! On behalf of Deep Silver, producer Carsten Lindner and I are extremely proud to announce Dead Island 2. Right after the release of the original Dead Island, we started working to create a true sequel of our beloved franchise to bring the shared open world survival experience with its visceral close combat, amazing setting and the awesome four-player co-op to a whole new level.

After the first outbreak on Banoi in Dead Island 1, the world has moved on. Zombies are known and everyone feels safe and prepared. Companies are selling vaccines and the latest zombie survival kits and people believe that the disaster that occurred on a small island in the middle of nowhere could never happen to them.
But they were so WRONG!

Suddenly, a string of brutal outbreaks occur in California and the government puts a wall around the infected area – leaving California as a “Dead Island.” Dead? Not entirely, because let’s face it, a zombie apocalypse has its upsides as well: No boring job, no traffic jams, and no bills to pay.

This new zombie California invites you to become the ultimate hero of the apocalypse to explore a dynamic, bright, and beautiful open world where you and your friends fight endless zombie hordes with your handcrafted weapons. The combat system of the game has been redone from scratch to provide a more visceral experience and control than ever before, and you will need this control to overcome all the dynamic challenges and new enemy types the game will throw at you.

But the element we are most proud of is the seamless, social multiplayer. Here is where everything comes together to create a shared survival, dynamic open world — experience! Eight players are constantly sharing a world and it is up to you if you want to cooperate, compete or simply coexist. This creates the ultimate zombie playground where you can live this second chance in life.

We’re exciting to bring an exclusive beta and exclusive content to Dead Island 2 only available on PlayStation 4. Look forward to hearing more details about this in the coming months. But having such an ambitious project requires a strong partner, able to not only deliver on this premise but also exceed it. With Yager we found such a developer. We are really excited working on this new shared survival experience where Paradise meets Hell, and hope you are too!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/...beta-revealed/

[BadKarma]

That trailer is fantastic

[Byrd]

So what was Dead Island Riptide? Dead Island 1.5?

That trailer is fantastic

Trailers have consistently been the best part of this series.

[Brill Weave]

Trailers have consistently been the best part of this series.

Sadly I expect more from their trailers than from the games. Riptide was essentially a carbon copy of the first one.

[Cantih]

Unless he's fucking with us, Jack Black was not involved in DI2.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...is_ama/ci6p2zc

[Kuishen]

So a couple of things to keep in mind:

1. It's not being developed by the same people that did 1 or Riptide.
2. It's being developed by the company that did Spec Ops: The Line, Yager Development. I can't speak for their other games but Spec Ops: The Line was a really solid game.

It's /possible/ there is hope for this game.

[Cantih]

It's pretty obvious Deep Silver got some Volition people to work on that trailer.

[kuronosan]

Dead Island 2: The War of Dayz of H1Z1.

[Qalbert]

[6souls]

Rumor: Release Delayed to Fall 2015 (Spring 2015 was the Planned Release)
http://www.eurogamer.cz/articles/201...illing-floor-2 | http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/dead_i..._island_2.html

[6souls]

Delayed to 2016

We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level. A game that takes what our fans tell us they love about Dead Island – multiple different characters to play with, co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee – and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that.

And we wanted to have all of that that done for release in Spring 2015.

We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay Dead Island 2 to 2016.

Right now we are focusing purely on development, and we will have more info to share at a later stage.

We know that our fans will be disappointed by this news, but by giving Dead Island 2 more time we are confident that everyone will get a better game to play as a result.

– Team Dead Island 2

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sm0k7t

[Qalbert]

Deep Silver:

With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner Yager. We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage

[6souls]

Now in Development with Dambuster Studios (Homefront: The Revolution/Crysis Series)
http://www.thqnordic-investors.com/e...easeId=3384166 | http://www.dsdambuster.com/studio

[kuronosan]

Crysis was the only good one. The others were terrible.

[Qalbert]

lol
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status...07409012822019

[Gokulo]

What the hell, haha

[Qalbert]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560061618930651140

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560062204056985600

[Pirian]

Wow that announcement trailer was literally 8 years ago, wild

[kuronosan]

Holy shit I almost forgot this was getting made.