While it was originally scheduled for release on February 3, 2023, an announcement on the official Dead Island 2 Twitter page says the game has now been delayed until April 28, 2023.

Given all that, it's not surprising the sequel has taken so long to come out. RELATED: Dead Island 2 Will Feature Alexa Voice Control However, Dead Island 2 was then handed over to Sumo Digital, which co-developed the Hitman reboot, as well as Hitman 2, before the game was finally passed over to Dambuster Studios, an internal development team set up by publishers Deep Silver. Techland were unable to take the reins for the sequel due to focusing on Dying Light, so it was passed on to Yager Development, which was responsible for Spec Ops: The Line. It's been in the works for about a decade now, with the project going from studio to studio. It's no secret that Dead Island 2 was stuck in development hell. A lot of gamers have been looking forward to the new game dropping, but now they'll have to wait a bit longer. Many fans have been waiting literal years for the follow-up to Techland's predecessor, and when the trailer for the sequel was shown off, it became one of the most anticipated zombie games of this generation. Dead Island 2 has been delayed, with the studio having to push the launch date back just a little bit while the team works on putting the finishing touches to it.

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