Dead Island 2 Delayed to April 28, 2023 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 November 2022 / 2,591 Views
Publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios announced Dead Island 2 has been delayed from February 3, 2023 to April 28, 2023. The game is in development for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Epic Games Store.
"We have some important news to share, so let’s rip that band aid off straight away," reads a tweet from the official Dead Island Twitter account. "We are delaying Dead Island 2—the new release date will be April 28, 2023.
"The irony of delaying Dead Island 2 is not lost on us, and we are as disappointed as you undoubtedly are. The delay is just 12 short weeks and development is on the final straight now; we’re going to take the time we need to make sure we can launch a game we’re proud to launch. For those of you who’ve been waiting for years, thank you for hanging in there with us.
"In the meantime, we will be releasing an exciting new trailer and gameplay at The Dead Island 2 Showcase, which will premiere on December 6 on our Twitch and YouTube channels, as well as on the Dead Island website."
The delay is just 12 short weeks and development is on the final straight now. The new release date for Dead Island 2 will be April 28th 2023.#DeadIsland #SeeYouInHELLA pic.twitter.com/Vf1NARTECo
— Dead Island (@deadislandgame) November 17, 2022
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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One of the most delayed games of all time gets delayed again?
This was the right call. The previous release date was a week before Hogwarts Legacy, which would have hacked it's legs off at the waist. April has only 2 other games announced so far, neither of them AAA.
February is already extremely stacked so I wouldn’t be surprised if that also pushed the decision a bit
That a gap of over 11.5 years between this game and the original Dead Island. Over 10 years of development on this game if you include Yager's time on the project. That isn't quite the upper echelon of games in development hell, but it is in the second tier.
Ok expecting more delays hahaha
