If you’re one of the many looking forward to Dead Island 2, there’s good news – it’s coming out a week early.
On Monday, publisher Deep Silver announced that Dead Island 2 will now release on April 21, 2023, for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Yup, that’s seven days ahead of its original launch date.
The shift in dates is because Dead Island 2 has already gone gold, meaning development is already complete and physical copies can start printing. It’s pretty uncommon for this to happen with major AAA video games, and somewhat ironic, too – considering Dead Island 2 was revealed way back in 2014 and suffered countless delays.
You asked for it, you got it. Dead Island 2 went gold and it's coming out a week early.
See you in HELL-A on April 21, 2023.#DeadIsland #SeeYouInHELLA pic.twitter.com/8Gu28bIcUS— Dead Island (@deadislandgame) February 13, 2023
Dead Island 2 takes place in a zombie-infested Los Angeles, where players can dispatch the undead in countless ways. Shovels, axes, beach umbrellas – almost anything you can think of can be a potential weapon. It’s all part of that low-key humor vibes that the game appears to be going for – that’s what the gameplay trailers suggest, anyway.
By several accounts, Dead Island 2 is shaping up well. Something that sets it apart from other open world zombie games is the breakable weapons and Amazon Alexa commands.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
