Impersonator Mick Wingert later confirmed his involvement in the game. However (as seen here), “Jack Black” was an impersonator.

Jack Black and Aaron Paul were rumored to be appearing in the game.

Combining the classic Dead Island elements of immersive close combat, action and role-playing, Dead Island 2 features crazy, never-before-seen handcrafted weapons and over-the-top characters in taking players from the iconic Golden Gate to the celebrated beachfront boardwalk of southern California’s Venice Beach. Now a restricted zone, California has become a bloody paradise for those who refuse to leave their homes and an action-packed playground for renegades who seek adventure, glory and a fresh start. Several months after the events on Banoi, the United States military has put the Golden State under full quarantine. See below for more details.Īccording to Deep Silver's statement, the game was to take place in Northern and Southern California back-to-back.ĭeep Silver released a statement describing the third instalment in the series: The build featured part of the map of California, including a few NPCs with voice action, as well as a 'dev room' containing all the finished weapons and zombies that were to be featured in the game. In 2020, a basic, yet playable version of the game from 2015 was leaked. In 2019, it was confirmed that the game was still in development, but by August of that year, it was announced by THQ Nordic that Sumo Digital had been replaced by internal studio, Dambuster Studios.

The game was expected to be delayed far past its previously scheduled 'late 2016' release and was removed from the Steam store. Sumo Digital announced they had taken over development on March 9th, 2016, but did not mention a release date. Development was suspended in July 2015 when Yager was dropped from the project due to apparent creative differences between the studio and Deep Silver. First revealed at E3 2014, it was to be the second main entry into the Dead Island series. Singeplayer, multiplayer Dead Island 2 was the now cancelled original build of Dead Island 2, originally set to be developed by Yager and published by Deep Silver.

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