After the roller coaster ride that was the development of Dead Island 2 (which turned out pretty well), Dambuster Studios is setting their sights on the third entry in the game. According to the developer’s financial statements, the game is the “primary focus” of the team, and with a targeted 2028 release date.
The news comes from X user @bogorad222, who snagged the info from Dambuster’s annual report for the year ending March 31, 2025. The report, dated November 25, states that the developer’s focus would shift to Dead Island 3 once versions of Dead Island 2 for Amazon’s Luna gaming service and Mac are completed, which has already happened. Parts of the game are already in early production, with feature, character, world and story design “moving at pace” for a projected release of Q1/2 2028.
Dambuster themselves had in fact dropped hints of the sequel back in September after announcing that Dead Island 2 reached 20 million players across PC and console. “The next outbreak? Dambuster is already drenched in the work. The journey is far from over…”
Just in case you missed it the first time around, Dead Island 2 centres around a deadly virus that’s spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into ravenous zombies. The city is in quarantine and the military have retreated. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, you learn to harness the zombie inside of you.
You can grab Dead Island 2 on PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
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