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Dead Island 2 Puts An End To Its Nearly Decade-Long Wait

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To say Dead Island 2 had a storied development would be a bit of an understatement. Finally, though, fans will get to get their hands on the zombie survival adventure later this week and, with that, put an end to the nearly decade-long wait that fans had to endure.

Fans got the announcement during E3 2014, complete with showcasing gameplay, but it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows when Techland, which was initially developing it, moved on to a new project, Dying Light. It was passed onto a new studio, and then that studio passed it on, and so on. It wasn’t until Deep Silver took it into its own hands and gave it to Dambuster Studios, an internal development team.

Things looked up from there, and during Gamescom 2022, the studio re-revealed Dead Island 2. Alongside re-revealing it, a goal of February 3, 2023, was announced. This obviously didn’t pan out, and the game was delayed until April 28. Then, in February, Deep Silver and Dambuster announced the game would release on April 21 rather than the 28.

In case you need more convincing, they just dropped its launch trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRvIH4pVlHM

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Payday 3 Lives As Dev Signs Agreement With Koch Media

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Payday 3

Many games find themselves stuck in what people in the gaming scene call Development Hell. This term refers to games that are insistent on still existing even if nothing is really revealed or seems no closer to release than the last time it was uttered. This was the case with Payday 3.

Made by Starbreeze, a studio that’s got one foot in Death’s door, found it difficult to find a publisher for its third installment of the established IP. Now, it’s looking bright for the game’s future as Koch Media has stepped in to co-publish and fully finance the title.

Koch has pledged just shy of $60 million to aid in both the marketing and development side of things. On top of that, part of the deal is guaranteed support for at the very least 18 months.

This partnership is much needed for Payday 3. Initially revealed in 2017, its significance got lost in the fray of all the restructuring done from selling subsidiaries to postponing – not canceling – Overkill’s The Walking Dead, and even laying off staff.

This game could truly make or break Starbreeze’s future. At this stage, it’s sounding like we could finally get our hands on Payday 3 sometime in 2023.

What do you think? Are you happy to see this franchise get more attention? Tell us below!

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