Dead Island 2 confirms its return, shows gameplay and announces a release for February 3, 2023

After eight years, Dead Island 2 finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel. After an Amazon slip-up ruined the surprise, Deep Silver has officially announced that the first-person survival game is not only back from the dead, but is now in its final stages of development. This is the only way to explain why the publisher has presented the game along with a trailer with gameplay and a release date that places its arrival on February 3, 2023 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC (Epic Games Store) .The first Dead Island sets its action in a Papua New Guinea holiday resort, while Dead Island 2 moves its action to the West Coast of the United States. Specifically, we are in Los Angeles, California, a city that is in quarantine after a virus has transformed a large part of its inhabitants into hungry zombies. Only our protagonist remains in the city, accompanied by a group of characters immune to the pathogen who decide to stay to save the situation. As the campaign progresses, players will uncover the truth behind the outbreak while discovering who or what they are. “Survive, evolve, save the world… One more day in Los Angeles!” reads the game’s description.
Behind Dead Island 2 we find Dambuster Studio, the British team responsible for Homefront: The Revolution. Before them, they participated in the development of the game Yager and Sumo Digital. Deep Silver affirms that Dead Island 2 returns with its formula of terror and black humor to which we must add a zombie killing, a first-person view, action with role-playing elements and a city of Los Angeles that will allow us to visit from the suburbs from Beverly Hills to the Venice district. Regarding combat, it promises to offer an experience “as intense, visceral, bloody as possible”, with various weapons and tactical options to make your way through the hordes of zombies. As in the first Dead Island, in the second part You can take on the role of different characters. In Dead Island 2 we have six playable protagonists, each with their own personality and dialogue, as well as a host of customizable abilities that can be adjusted at any time to bring all sorts of settings to life. As for zombies, Deep Silver promises a dozen archetypes, each with their own mutations and “realistic” behavior. Those who buy Dead Island 2 at launch will receive the Day One edition that includes a bundle made up of various Banoi items. , the fictional island off the coast of Papua New Guinea where the first installment of the saga takes place.