The survival horror zombie game Dead Island sequel Dead Island 2 just had a change of hands as publisher Deep Silver said that it was no longer working with Yager Development.
Deep Silver in a statement said:
“With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner Yager. We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage.”
Yager is currently working on flight combat game called Dreadnought and is best remembered for it action game Spec Ops: The Line.
Yager CEO Timo Ullmann on the Facebook post wrote about the departure:
“Our YAGER team is fully committed to the development of AAA quality titles. We work closely with international publishers and partners and have at the same time always remained an independent development studio. Our team is made of the best creative minds and tech specialists who all share a common identity. The team worked with enthusiasm to take Dead Island 2 to a new level of quality. However, YAGER and Deep Silver’s respective visions of the project fell out of alignment, which led to the decision that has been made. We’ll focus our current efforts on Dreadnought together with Six Foot and our publisher Grey Box as well as on new projects. More details will be disclosed soon. All I can reveal at this point is that gamescom will be awesome for Dreadnought.”
The reason for split between Yager and Deep Silver is due to the creative differences but there could be more than meets the eye and details of which could be unknown. The game was pushed back from its original release date in spring 2015 to 2016 to take the series to a new level after a dismal show with Escape Dead Island. Now with no development studio on board for Dead Island 2 we may just get to hear that the date has been further pushed to 2017.