During said Q&A, the host and Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors had a back and forth on the recent speculation regarding Dead Island 2. While that remains speculative, Deep Silver’s parent company, Embracer Group, also addressed the matter in a recent earnings presentation.Įmbracer leadership addressed the situation on Dead Island 2 during a Q&A attached to its Q3 2021 Interim report on February 17, 2022.

That changed recently when sources close to Deep Silver claimed the game was coming along well and could see release by the end of 2022 if all goes according to plan. The game has been in development hell for around 8 years with little say on whether it was stalled further or could actually release. The Embracer Group also said that its Koch Media Publishing arm are on track to releasing its other big titles like the Saints Row reboot, Payday 3, Shadow Warrior 3, and Crossfire Legion.One of the more interesting threads that popped up recently in gaming conversation was the return of Dead Island 2 and its possible release in the near future. But I’m excited about unannounced titles.” It’s hard for me to comment further on that. “I can’t talk about Dead Island 2 because it’s not announced, as such, from the publisher, but we have just talked aboutâ€”we have one unannounced triple-A title that you think is Dead Island 2. Wingefors did not directly answer questions concerning the release date for the game that’s been in development for 10 years or so, but he did say the following: According to a Deep Silver Q3 FY2021/22 report and Q&A session via the Embracer Group, CEO Lars Wingefors seem to indirectly hint that Dead Island 2 will be out sometime in the company’s 2023 fiscal year.

The action game featuring zombies will be out in early 2023 and will be an Epic Games Store exclusive. Recent news has confirmed that it’s coming out in 2023 maybe. Dead Island 2 was announced back in 2014 before it went dark for a very long time.

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