If you thought Dead Island: Riptide was the sequel to the tropical island zombie apocalypse game Dead Island, and you thought Dying Light was its next-gen spiritual successor, here’s some news for you: they were not, and Dead Island 2 is in fact on the way.
The game was announced with a new cinematic trailer at E3 2014, but unlike that haunting and devastating first trailer for Dead Island, the sequel’s first trailer is much more silly, but in a very entertaining way.
A release date for Deep Silver’s follow up to the surprise hit open-world zombie survival game, Dead Island, has been officially announced.
The publisher announced that the sequel, which is titled Dead Island: Riptide, will arrive on April 23, 2013. A special edition of the game will also be available that will offer up a digital strategy map, weapons mods, and a unique character skin.
For those who haven’t heard, a sequel to the Deep Silver and Techland zombie apocalypse survival game, Dead Island, is on the way.
Just like the first trailer for Dead Island, which took the internet by storm upon its release (so much so that it led to a battle to acquire the movie rights well before the game arrived—later optioned by Lionsgate), a beautiful and haunting cinematic kicks things off for the sequel, which is titled Dead Island: Riptide.
The trailer isn’t quite as good as the one we saw for the first game, but still, it’s an excellent trailer well worth watching. You can watch it below now.
Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press