
The game is now set entirely in Los Angeles, with recognizable locations such as Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, and what have you recreated within the game’s world. Here, we’re going to go over some of those key details.īack when Dead Island 2 was under development at Yager in 2014, the plan was to have the game be set in multiple Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, but Dambuster’s overhauled vision of the game narrows down its focus to just one city. At long last though, it looks like it really is coming out soon- for real this time.ĭead Island 2 was re-revealed by Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios at the recent Gamescom Opening Night Live, showing off both a cinematic trailer and a gameplay debut, following which more details on the game have come through thanks to hands-on previews and interviews from several outlets. The road to launch has been a long and difficult one for Dead Island 2. Originally announced back in 2014, over the course of the eight years that have followed, the zombie action RPG has gone through multiple delays, resets, and three developers, and things have often stalled down so much that many have at times wondered if the game will ever even launch.
