RELATED: World War Z Six Skulls Update Live Now Then UK-based Sumo Digital has taken over when Yager backed out from the game in 2015. With a targeted Q2 2015 release window, Dead Island 2 was revealed at E3 2014 and a gameplay video was dropped on Gamescom 2014. German based Yager Development was put in charge when they made a pitch to Deep Silver in 2012. Polish video game developer/publisher Techland came on board at first but then they shift focus to Dying Light franchise.

RELATED: The Last of Us Part II Rumored to Release in February 2020 However, it was not clear how much progress they made so far throughout 2016 to 2019 but they assured not to act as a support studio for current developer since they have already concluded work on it before a planned transition. In a recent investment report shared by THQ Nordic, it was finally revealed that long-delayed 2011 zombie game sequel is now handed over to new studios Dambuster after Sumo Digital has wrapped up their part on the project.

In fact, publisher Deep Silver has now handed over the project to internal developer Dambuster Studios. After it was confirmed back in 2014, it has been five years in development and contrary to what many believes, the game is not cancelled yet.

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