In a sign of “shoulda seen this coming”, in THQ Nordic’s latest financial report, Deep Silver Dambuster Studios has taken over the Dead Island franchise, and is now leading development on the sequel, Dead Island 2.
Details on the announcement aren’t forthcoming, but here’s a recap of the story of the sequel: When Dead Island 2 was first announced in June 2014, it was in development at Yager Development. However, the studio was dropped from the project in July 2015, and in March 2016, it was confirmed that Sumo Digital was its new developer. With today’s announcement, Dambuster Studios has become the third studio to take over the project.
Back in May, THQ Nordic had announced that Dead Island 2 was still in development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It remains to be seen with the PS5 and next Xbox console on the way if that will remain.