However, publisher Deep Silver has revealed that a new developer, UK studio Sumo Digital, has taken over the reins of "Dead Island 2." Working with Sumo Digital, Deep Silver has said that "It just made perfect sense for us to move the project to them.
It's also worth noting that both the studio and the publisher declined to comment for the piece.ĭead Island 2's nine-year development cycle is one of the longest in recent memory for a game that actually released, joining such luminaries as Duke Nukem Forever (15 years) and Diablo 3 (11 years).According to observers, fans may still expect the sequel to the zombie survival game "Dead Island" to be released later this year as development of the title gets a jumpstart.įans worry that the upcoming sequel to the original zombie horror survival game "Dead Island" will be delayed once again since developer Yager Productions has left the project. In addition to that, the report says that the main culprit for the project's failure was Unreal Engine 4, which simply could not support the sort of open-world gameplay that Yager and Deep Silver imagined for the project. However, according to multiple sources, the game's publisher told Yager that it wanted the game to have eight-player seamless multiplayer, which was a huge shift in priorities. The project was set to be a more faithful Dead Island sequel that shared the original's campy tone and took place in a walled-off California. Now Playing: Dead Island 2 Everything To KnowĪccording to the report, Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager was hired to make Dead Island 2 primarily because the studio offered the lowest bid.
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