The game's combat has different mechanics than its predecessors. Gameplay ĭead Island 2 takes place in an open-world Los Angeles, San Francisco, and an undisclosed third location in California, unlike the first game which was set on the fictitious island of Banoi off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Sumo Digital would also be removed, with Dambuster, an internal studio of Deep Silver, becoming the developers in 2019. Yager Development was originally hired to develop Dead Island 2 in 2012, but was removed from the project in 2015 and replaced by Sumo Digital the following year. Set several months after the events of Dead Island and Escape Dead Island, Dead Island 2 differentiates itself from its predecessors by taking place in various locations in California.Īnnounced in 2014, the game has undergone a difficult development period due to a number of changes with the studios working on it. It is the sequel to the 2011 video game Dead Island and the third major installment in the Dead Island series. Dead Island 2 is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
