Dead Island 2 is not an open world game, the districts are rather large hubs to which we can return later using the fast travel function to trade or complete side missions. Our journey through HELL-A takes us across Los Angeles, from the posh areas of Bel-Air and Beverly Hills to Hollywood, Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Cross-platform play is possible within a console family, i.e. Dambuster plans to remove this limitation in a future update. On PS4 and Xbox One, you cannot host a session, only join an ongoing game. A technical limitation currently exists for gamers on consoles of the previous generation. It’s just not possible to jump forward in the story. Your progress will be saved whether you are a host or a guest. You can head to HELL-A solo or with up to three other Slayers via online co-op. The characters differ in values such as endurance, toughness and critical damage. Choose from athlete Amy, pimp Bruno, mechanic Carla, retail clerk Dani, exotic dancer Ryan and stuntman Jacob. Dead Island 2 was released on April 21st, 2023 for PC (Epic Games Store test platform), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.ĭead Island 2 begins ten years after the events of the first game. In the end, nothing came of either project: we never heard from Hellraid again and Dead Island 2 was initially to be developed by Sumo Digital (Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Crackdown 3) before taken over by Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Homefront: The Revolution, Chorus) landed. A few stands further, Techland, the developer of the first Dead Island and the Dying Light series, showed off their new game Hellraid.

Unlike the predecessor, the game should be developed by the Berlin-based studio Yager. After more than ten years of development and three studios, Dead Island 2 was released yesterday and we’ll have a look if the trip to HELL-A is worth it.ĭead Island 2 premiered at gamescom 2014.

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