Summary
Dead Island 2has announced the exact date and times it’s set to launch on Steam across the world. The zombie-mashing action adventure game was released on Xbox, PlayStation, and Epic Games Store almost exactly a year ago, unfortunately skipping out on Steam users. Despite its long and troubled 9-year development cycle across three different studios,Dead Island 2released to positive reception, as it provides ample first-person melee action fun in incredibly vivid and iconic zombie-torn Los Angeles environments.
Only a few days ago,Dead Island 2released its second story DLC, named SoLA. Following up its first DLC that came out in November, Haus, SoLA is set in a sunny LA music festival, where players are tasked with finding the source of a strange warning message. Both ofDead Island 2’s DLCs add about two to three hoursof new content to the game. While many players feel like the DLCs are too small, they do still add interesting locations alongside the main game’s offerings of Bel-Air, Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach, and other iconic areas.
Dead Island 2has revealed it’s making its Steam debut a year and a day after its initial 2023 launch, on April 22. TheDead IslandTwitter account posted a world map graphic indicating the exact time the game is set to go live on Steam across the globe. Gamers in LA canexpectDead Island 2to hit Steamat 8:00 AM, while New Yorkers can grab it at 11 AM. Across the pond, Londoners will get it at 4 PM, and Steam gamers in Tokyo can delve intoDead Island 2at midnight.
WithDead Island 2about to become available on every major gaming platform, the game is sure to see a boost in playercounts now that Steam users are gearing up to gain access. Furthermore, the game’s online multiplayer may see a boost as well. WhileDead Island 2doesn’t support full crossplay, Steam and Epic users will still be able to team up for a nasty zombie-crushing spree. As for what developer Dambuster Studios could add next, there are still many fans asking for anew game plus feature inDead Island 2, though nothing has been confirmed thus far.
With both story DLCs out and the game becoming available nearly everywhere, Dambuster hasn’t revealed any official plans for a third DLC or a full-blown sequel. However, seeing how successfulDead Island 2has become after having been stuck in development hell for almost a full decade,Dead Island 3does seem plausible, though it’ll likely be a while before fans can expect to hear anything about a potential third installment.
Dead Island 2
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The open-world zombie slaying action RPG makes its long-awaited return. Dead Island is back, and with it comes a host of enhancements to its winning combination of creative first-person zombie slaying, pitch-black humor and open-world exploration. Welcome to HELL-A. The City of Angels has been transformed into a hellish sprawl, its populace now mutated into disgusting zombies with an insatiable appetite for humans. In this extensive, visceral RPG experience you’ll journey to iconic LA locations, taking on quests, meeting eccentric survivors and enjoying a joyously pulpy narrative along the way. The game’s brutal melee combat gives you access to an expansive array of inventive zombie-slaying weaponry that lets you slice, smash and tear through the hordes before they get the chance to do the same to you. Can you survive HELL-A?
