Publisher Deep Silver has removed developer Yager from its long awaited Dead Island 2 sequel. Yager, best known for the brilliant Spec Ops: The Line, had been working on the game since 2012.
The follow-up to the cult 2011 openworld zombie-bashing co-op RPG, original developer Techland opted not to work on the sequel, instead going on to create the hit Dying Light. Dead Island 2 switches locations from a tropical holiday resort to mainland California, with real life locations such as the Santa Monica pier and Hollywood recreated in the game, and filled with the undead. The game was planned for a 2016 release.
"After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner Yager," announced Deep Silver. Boss Timo Ullman expanded on the news in a statement to the GamesIndustry.biz trade website. ""The team worked with enthusiasm to take Dead Island 2 to a new level of quality," he said. "However, Yager and Deep Silver's respective visions of the project fell out of alignment, which led to the decision that has been made."
Yager will now continue working on its space simulation Dreadnought. Deep Silver will hand over development on Dead Island 2 to a new studio, but promises that it will have something to show at the Gamescom conference in Germany in August. "All I can reveal at this point is that Gamescom will be awesome," he says.
Published: 17/07/2015
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