Development of Dead Island 2 was recently moved to a third studio, but that's no bad thing according to Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz. The man at the helm of a ludicrous amount of IPs manages to spin the situation into a positive, despite the fact that the game hasn't been seen or heard from in any real capacity for more than half a decade.
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Kundratitz explains that justifying the development of Dead Island 2 is his favourite thing to do. "Look, Dead Island is a very important brand for us and we've got to get it right. It's just a testimony of our dedication to get it right. It's a great story to tell everyone that it's on its third studio, but we like to be judged on the end result and we're really confident that when it comes out it's going to be a kick-ass zombie game."
The game is still quite a ways away, however, as Klemens Kundratitz explains that Dead Island 2 won't be launching in close proximity to Dying Light 2. That title has just had its release window narrowed to June 2020. Could this be a PS5 game by now? It's certainly a possibility.
We're yet to be convinced the game will ever actually launch, especially so on PlayStation 4, but it's nice to know that the publisher hasn't given up on it just yet. In fact, it appears to be doubling down on its efforts. Are you still looking forward to Dead Island 2? Take a vacation in the comments below.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Dyling Light is awesome and Techland an amazing dev who is STILL supporting the game. I say good luck sir
My brother pre ordered it when it was announced. He lost his account to that store and isn’t interested in dead island anymore. One day it’ll just show up at his door and that idea is funny to me.
Dying Light killed any interest i had left in this franchise and even now DL still has support.
I keep forgetting this is even out there in the works until the occasional news story about it pops up. After experiencing the original, I’m still a little amazed that a sequel was greenlit at all.
My guess is that DI2 will be released the same year Half-Life 3 is released.
all these big titles that is released June 2020 will get a ps5 release too. so when summer hit close your ps4 wallets and save up for a ps5.
As long as the kittens are still motion-captured, count me in.
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