Tonight’s double-whammy of new trailers began with plenty of the ever classy brutal melee thwacking nonsense that the first game was known for, which I can’t bring you here due to YouTube’s age-restrictions. Along with the standard trailer introducing the idea of an undead-ridden Los Angeles, Deep Silver also showed some gameplay. Dead Island 2 gameplay! What a time to be alive, or otherwise living. It might just be the fact we’re in 2022 now but there’s a very Dying Light feel to proceedings, although that long-lost Dead Island campery seemingly intact. You’ll also be able to chat with residents of a collapsing LA between zombie-destroying missions. Deep Silver Dambusters Studio are the devs who’ve resurrected the once-deceased, shambling corpse of Dead Island 2. Spec Ops: The Line’s Yager were originally going to be handling the game, but they were dropped just a year after it was announced. Dead Island 2 is coming for your brains on February 3rd, 2023. That’s not something I ever thought I’d type, frankly. I enjoyed the first one back in the day, so I’m watching how this develops with interest.
