The wait for Dead Island 2 has been longer than anyone could have expected, with the game originally have been announced nearly a decade ago at this point.
Earlier this year, known insider Tom Henderson also claimed that Dead Island 2 could finally launch in 2022.
The last couple of years have seen some positive developments under the stewardship of developer Dambuster Studio, and earlier this year, Embracer Group – parent company of publisher Deep Silver – suggested that Dead Island 2 could finally launch by April 2023.
The project changed developers one more time in 2019, when it finally shifted to Deep Silver’s internal studio Dambuster, the game’s current developer.