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‘Dead Island 2’ Sells Over 1 Million Copies in Just Three Days
While we don’t know exactly when Dead Island 2 will break even after its nearly decade-long development, it’s off to a good start. Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios have announced that since Dead Island 2 launched last Friday, it has sold over 1 million copies after just three days on sale.
Deep Silver also took the opportunity to drop a few in-game facts with the announcement. Among them, the game has been played for a cumulative 11 million hours, with over 1 billion zombies slain in the process. Speaking of the zombies, players have been busy carving them up in Dead Island 2. 45 million undead have been sliced in half since launch, with 756 million limbs having been hacked off.
Lastly, zombies aren’t the only ones dying, either. A total of 28 million player deaths have been recorded, which is over twice the population of Los Angeles. Of course, the in-game population of Los Angeles is a different story.
Dead Island 2 is currently available on PC via the Epic Games Store, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. And in case you were wondering, Reyna shared her thoughts on the game, referring to is as “an enjoyable experience” with plenty of player freedom to smash zombies in a number of ways.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.