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‘Dead Island 2’ May Be Released This Year, According to Rumour
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Dead Island 2 is not dead. We’ve mentioned it numerous times before, in fact. And according to rumour, it appears that we might finally see it this year.
Per industry insider Tom Henderson in a YouTube video, speaking to people close to the game’s development, he claims that Dead Island 2 is still in development over at Dambuster Studios, and we could be hearing about it soon. “According to everyone that I’ve been speaking to… the game is in a decent state, and it could be announced pretty soon with some kind of gameplay trailer.”
As for when the game would be released, Henderson goes with the approximate timeframe of “somewhere in Q4 2022”, depending on how the current development cycle goes.
And to add a bit more to that, Henderson also drops some preliminary plot details. “You’re on a plane and there’s a zombie outbreak on a plane… eventually the plane crashes into Hollywood, you survive and it’s then your job to survive on the ground.”
Neither Deep Silver nor Dambuster have commented on or responded to any of this as of yet.
To recap the history of Dead Island 2, it was announced way back in 2014, with a 2015 release date. However, that was under developer Yager Development (who eventually went bankrupt). After a series of delays, the game was handed over to Sumo Digital. Publisher Deep Silver then switched developers again, to Dambuster Studios.
A 2015 build of the game was subsequently leaked to the internet a few years ago.
Currently, Dead Island 2 is being developed for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Escape a Literal Hellhole in First-Person Survival Horror Title ‘Nature of Dread’ [Trailer]
Described as a nightmare “torn from the pages of Lovecraft, Nikolai Gogol, and Mikhail Bulgakov,” Nature of Dread is a newly-announced survival horror title coming to Steam. This sci-fi horror title has players fighting their way out of a nightmare deep within the northern wilderness, uncovering what has been buried under top-secret clearance for centuries.
The story for Nature of Dread that’s been revealed so far sees players awaken in the classified settlement of Hellhole in the northern forests. Built as humanity’s final defense in a war that has raged for over a millennium, the settlement was designed to contain an ancient evil. As these things go, in a desperate attempt to stop said evil, people tried to contain it, isolate it, and study it.
Ultimately, the military stepped in to do their usual cover-up routine, sealing the borders of the settlement off from the outside world and denying access. Unfortunately, things that were buried tend to have a habit of rising to the surface. Now you’ve been thrust into this centuries-old conflict, where you must decide how far you’re willing to go to protect what truly matters to you.
You’ll be facing off against the spawn of primordial evil, where these creatures learn, adapt, form packs, and change tactics the moment they sense your next move. Luckily, you’ll have plenty of weapons with which to fight these monstrosities, with the devs touting the game having a realistic weaponry system. Of course, since this is a survival horror title, you’ll need to be smart about your gear choices and manage your resources carefully in order to survive.