She told me to soak in the ambiance – the sights, the sounds, and *deep breath* yes, even the sweet rotting smells – of this doomed Los Angeles as we sat down to get about an hour’s worth of time with Dead Island 2. It’s HELL-A, per an enthusiastic Dambuster rep, who is basically our tour guide for this unlikely excursion to a doomed west coast vacation. She could be drunk, in another time and place, and just off for a walk down Venice beach.īut this isn’t LA. There’s an undead woman – flesh hanging off her cheek in a clump – limping towards you. Alongside the wash of the sea, you can hear subdued, guttural groaning, the shuffling of Crocs through sand. You can see the ebbing of the shoreline, how the light scatters differently on the surface of the waves versus the sand. Multiplayer is described as 'seamless and social' as eight players will be sharing the world deciding whether to cooperate, compete or coexist.ĭead Island 2 will have an exclusive beta and exclusive content on PlayStation 4 and more details will be announced in the near future.It’s midnight, and the light of a full moon glints on the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The combat system of the game has been redone from scratch to provide a 'more visceral experience and control than ever before,' and all new dynamic challenges and new enemy types have been added as well. Taking place in California, the open world game will allow you and your friends to fight endless zombie hordes with handcrafted weapons. 'Suddenly, a string of brutal outbreaks occur in California and the government puts a wall around the infected area – leaving California as a Dead Island.' 'Companies are selling vaccines and the latest zombie survival kits and people believe that the disaster that occurred on a small island in the middle of nowhere could never happen to them,' said Jan-Eric Lauble, creative producer at Deep Silver.

The world has apparently moved on and while zombies are still a known threat, people feel safe in their little bubbles. The game is also heading to PC and Xbox One and is in development at Berlin-based studio, Yager.ĭead Island 2 takes place after the first outbreak on Banoi in Dead Island 1. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.

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