{"id":684036,"date":"2025-08-25T03:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there"},"modified":"2025-08-25T03:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:21:23","slug":"dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Island 2 aims to be the &#8220;goriest game out there&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The last time we here at Eurogamer previewed Dead Island 2 was way back in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g4T9SfdzzO8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a> when I went hands on with a playable demo at Gamescom.<\/p>\n<p>At that time the game was being developed by Yager Development, but when that studio was removed from the project in 2015, Sumo Digital took over and attempted to pick up the pieces. Sumo&#8217;s involvement was short lived though and it was also taken off development sometime around 2019. <\/p>\n<p>After that, Dambuster Studios took up the reins and since then all has been worringly quiet. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only person out there who thought that this troubled sequel was dead in the water but surprise, surprise, not only has Dead Island 2 risen from the grave in true zombie fashion, but it also has an actual, set in stone release date.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time we here at Eurogamer previewed Dead Island 2 was way back in 2014 when I went hands on with a playable demo at Gamescom. At that time the game was being developed by Yager Development, but when that studio was removed from the project in 2015, Sumo Digital took over and attempted to pick up the pieces. Sumo&#8217;s involvement was short lived though and it was also taken off development sometime around 2019. After that, Dambuster Studios took up the reins and since then all has been worringly quiet. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only person out there who thought that this troubled sequel was dead in the water but surprise, surprise, not only has Dead Island 2 risen from the grave&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-island-2-aims-to-be-the-goriest-game-out-there\/\">Read 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