The studio responsible for Dead Island 2, Dambuster, believes that the game’s bumpy development cycle has helped the game win favor with gamers.
Dead Island 2 has had a particularly bumpy development cycle: the game was announced in 2014 (although work began two years earlier) and has changed developers twice since then. The studio responsible for the final version of the project, Dambuster, believes that all these disturbances have served the project well..
- In an interview with VGC, the developers admitted that such a long development cycle has made people view Dead Island 2 more favorably.
- As they explain, after such a long development cycle and multiple developer changes, everyone expected dead island 2 it would be a disaster. So the fact that the game looks good was a pleasant surprise for gamers. As a result, public sentiment towards the project is now quite positive.
- The folks at Dambuster can show this attitude, as the team’s work on Dead Island 2 has gone well. So, from this team’s perspective, the development hell the project went through “wasn’t that bad.”
- Dambuster took over the project in August 2019 and decided to do a full reboot. Developing a big-budget game in less than four years is quite a pace, especially considering how much trouble the pandemic has caused.
- Dambuster developed their version of Dead Island 2 from the ground up. However, the developers decided to keep the California setting, as it suited the character of the game, offering a wide variety of locations and characters.
Recall that Dead Island 2 was announced nine years ago, and at that time the game developer was Sudio Yager Development. Two years later it was replaced by Sumo Digital, and in 2019 the project was taken over by Dambuster, known for developing Homefront: The Revolution.
The latter studio finally managed to complete Dead Island 2. In February, the developers boasted that the project had gone gold, so there is no need to fear any further delays (the case of Cyberpunk 2077 was a rare exception to this rule) .
The game will debut on April 21, 2023. The title will be released for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.
- Dead Island 2 – Official Site