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Dead Island 2 Terrorizes California This Spring

by GH Staff
Return to a zombie-ridden paradise this Spring, as Yager and Deep Silver's Dead Island 2 hits PS4, Xbox One and PC in early 2015.

Depending on which platform you may have played it on, Dead Island was initially a love-or-hate experience. The console versions were plagued with save-data issues, many of which would result in progression-locking errors, or lost data in its entirety. The PC version was quickly renamed “Dev Island” by the gaming community; the PC version had several developer features still left accessible in the final build- the most obvious one being a “no clip” feature. Fortunately, the franchise has grown well beyond its uneasy beginnings, and is on the verge of another sequel.

During Sony’s “E3 Experience” media briefing, a trailer was shown for a brand new chapter of the “zombie-infested tropical paradise” saga- Dead Island 2. The third game in the series (fourth if you count the closed-Beta for Dead Island: Epidemic), Dead Island 2 takes place several months after the Banoi outbreak. The infestation has caused California to be put under a state-wide quarantine. Much like the original game and 2013’s Dead Island: Riptide, players will have to deal with ruthless zombies by utilizing a cutomized, MacGyver-esque assortment of weapons, several of which will be completely new to the series.

As with the recent custom, Dead Island 2 will have console-exclusive content for the PS4 version. However, it’s not clear if the unmentioned extras will be actual exclusives, or just timed-exclusives to then debut on other platforms for a later date.

Dead Island 2 is scheduled to release in Spring 2015 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. While it may be a PC-exclusive, for those who need a Dead Island-fix, the top-down adventure RPG/online arena game Dead Island: Epidemic is currently in Early Access on Steam. Players can either sign up for a chance to enter one of many closed-Betas, or “buy their way in” buy purchasing one of three tiers of extra content.