Yager has filed for insolvency (a form of bankruptcy) in an effort to make sure they’re able to pay the team that was, until recently, developing Dead Island 2. Deep Silver and Yager parted ways due to a difference in “creative vision”. That cost the developer three years of work, and now it will likely mean the end of the team that had been tasked with making the game.
In a statement sent to GamesIndustry.biz, Yager managing director Timo Ullmann confirms what we all know, that the “insolvency filing is a direct result from the early termination of the project and helps protecting [sic] our staff. In the course of the proceedings, we gain time to sort out the best options for reorganizing this entity.”
This is an awful situation for the talented folks who worked countless hours bringing what looked like an incredibly promising video game to life. If they can survive this, I hope we’ll eventually learn what that creative difference was.
Deep Silver still hasn’t announced a new developer for Dead Island 2
