Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
"There are certain games that come to mind when one thinks of troublesome development cycles and one of these titles happens to be Dead Island 2. Originally announced back in 2014, just a year after the expansion to the first game’s release, Dead Island 2 debuted to plenty of fanfare only to fall silent for years with only sporadic updates coming in the form of development teams being brought in only to be fired and replaced multiple times throughout the years. Now, nearly a decade after being announced, Dead Island 2 is back from the dead and is ready to bring the undead to LA but has this gore-filled game missed the mark or has its long development paid off?"
Dead Island 2 has now sold over 3 million copies since its launch. Embracer Group officially announced the milestone in its financial report.
Dead Island 2 has surpassed 3 million copies sold and 7 million players since launch last year. It's a amazing.
I'm happy I got this game, the story is on the weak side but the gameplay, the semi-open world and the DLC's are great. Got way more hours out of this than I ever thought I would and playing with friends is stupid fun.
"Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver are today very happy and proud to announce that "Dead Island 2" (their multimillion copy selling first-person action RPG), is now available via Steam." - Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver.
"Deep Silver, Dambuster Studios, and PLAION are today very happy and excited to announce that they have just released the second expansion (“SoLA”) for "Dead Island 2" (the said expansion is availableright now for PC and consoles via digital stores)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
