Announced during the E3 of 2014, Dead Island 2 was marked by a troubled development, started with the Break between Deep Silver and Yager Productions, the team that was working on the development of the game, then passing into the hands of Sumo Digital. The moment of the passage was punctued by rumor and rumors that even saw a possible cancellation of the project.

Over the past few years, the news that have featured Dead Island 2 have been very scarce to the point that it has repeatedly been reiterated that the project has not been abandoned; Recently THQ Nordic, of which The label Deep Silver is part, confirmed that the title is in full development and that it would reveal a short further information and novelties.

Confirming the publisher's statements, the preorder of Dead Island 2 has now appeared surprisingly ON the Microsoft Store USA, with date set at next December 31 but it is obviously a placeholder. This means that probably the announcement of a release date is imminent, and it will probably happen right during the E3 conference to take place these days in Los Angeles. So we have to wait for the event Los Angeles for a confirmation of the reported: Keep following us!