{"id":1429002,"date":"2025-12-16T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-2028-release"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:44:06","slug":"dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/dambusterstudios\">Dambuster Studios<\/a>, but it&#8217;s aiming for a 2028 release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-2028-release\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-2028-release\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it&#8217;s aiming for a 2028 release. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1429003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[259,19091,6881,1192,7046],"class_list":["post-1429002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-action-adventure","tag-dead-island-3","tag-hackslash","tag-horror","tag-survivalcrafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it&#039;s aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it&#039;s aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":42,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action-Adventure\",\"Dead Island 3\",\"Hack&amp;Slash\",\"Horror\",\"Survival&amp;Crafting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it's aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News","description":"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it's aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News","og_description":"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it's aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio","datePublished":"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/"},"wordCount":42,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg","keywords":["Action-Adventure","Dead Island 3","Hack&amp;Slash","Horror","Survival&amp;Crafting"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/","name":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-16T14:44:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it's aiming for a 2028 release. Read moreSource","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-3-is-aiming-for-a-2028-release-with-the-sequel-now-the-primary-focus-of-the-studio\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dead Island 3 is aiming for a 2028 release, with the sequel now the primary focus of the studio"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1429003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}