Dead Island 2 Delayed Until 2016

In a magnificently unsurprising move, Deep Silver has announced Dead Island 2 has been delayed from its original spring 2015 target to an unspecified date in 2016. The official Dead Island 2 Twitter account revealed the news, explaining the delay was necessary in order to really take Dead Island to the next level.

“We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level. A game that takes what our fans tell us they love about Dead Island – multiple different characters to play with, co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee – and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that.

“We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay Dead Island 2 to 2016.

“Right now we are focusing purely on development, and we will have more info to share at a later stage.

“We know that our fans will be disappointed by this news, but by giving Dead Island 2 more time we are confident that everyone will get a better game to play as a result.”

It’s the usual line trotted out when a delay happens, but in truth we’ve seen hide nor hair of Dead Island 2 since Gamescom last year, so this is a predictable delay. Techland, creators of the original Dead Island, won over a lot of gamers with Dying Light earlier this year, so Yager Development certainly has its work cut out.