Dead Island 2, No Longer Being Developed by Yager!

Deep Silver recently revealed that they are changing course when it comes to Dead Island 2. And by course, I mean changing developers…

Deep Silver released this statement regarding the game’s development via a press release:

“With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner YAGER. We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage.”

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Knowing that there had to be more to this than just a simple parting of ways, I looked around the web. Gamesindustry posted an updated story with a statement issued by Timo Ullmann, managing director of Yager Development.

“Our team is made of the best creative minds and tech specialists, who all share a common identity,” he said. “The team worked with enthusiasm to take Dead Island 2 to a new level of quality. However, Yager and Deep Silver’s respective visions of the project fell out of alignment, which led to the decision that has been made.”

So, there was a disagreement when it came to the game’s vision. That’s unfortunate; not only don’t we get to see what Yager had in mind but the game itself seems to be on hold, assumingly until Deep Silver finds another developer. Hopefully, Dead Island 2 will still launch sometime in 2016. We’ll have to wait and see how things turn out of course.

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