It seems to be like work on Dead Island 3 is underway after a tease was printed to have a good time the collection’ 14th anniversary.
In a publish on (*3*), developer Dambuster Studios posted the picture, beneath, alongside the caption: “and the following outbreak is already brewing.”
“It’s been 14 years since Dead Island first splattered onto the scene, stranding gamers within the blood-soaked paradise of Banoi,” the message continued.
“Since then, the zompocalypse has crawled from tropical shores to the sun-drenched chaos of HELL-A in Dead Island 2, the place over 20 million Slayers have left nothing however carnage behind.
“This isn’t the ultimate lower although. Dambuster Studios are already carving out what comes subsequent. For now, the small print keep beneath wraps, the outbreak is way from over…”
Based mostly on the picture, we will safely say Dead Island 3 will probably be set someplace apart from LA, which stands to motive. However the place? Given the individual proven within the picture is hitching a trip, maybe Vegas is a pure stopping off level. However actually, it might be anyplace. In any case, the primary Dead Island was set on a fictional island chain in Oceania.
Or perhaps that is nearly Dead Island 2 DLC, which might come as fairly the shock given the sport’s two story expansions, Haus and SoLA, have been launched.
The hope, in fact, is that Dead Island 3 received’t take fairly so long as Dead Island 2 did to return out. The Dead Island 2 that ultimately launched (and loved large success) suffered a whopping eight-year delay after lengthy stretches of growth hell.
In July, Martin Wein, former head of communications at Dead Island 2 writer Deep Silver, talked candidly concerning the sequel’s troubled growth, and the way it was determined at a significant milestone assembly with then-developer Yager that the sport because it was then “sucked.”
Dead Island 2 was revealed at E3 2014 however quickly went quiet earlier than “mutual variations” separated Yager from Deep Silver. It was then moved to Sumo Digital earlier than being shifted once more in 2019 to its remaining dwelling of Dambuster Studios. A brand new trailer and gameplay video was launched on December 6, 2022, throughout a Dead Island 2 showcase that introduced it was delayed as soon as once more, slipping 12 weeks to April 2023.
The query is, when will Dead Island 3 be revealed, and when will it come out? Given it’s been over two years for the reason that launch of Dead Island 2, hopefully we’ll see one thing tangible sooner moderately than later.
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