Dead Island 2 Goes Gold, To Release A Week Early

Dambuster Studio this week announced that Dead Island 2 has gone gold, and unveiled a new release date for the game.

A sequel to 2011’s Dead Island, the action role-playing game was announced back in 2014 and after several delays, has gone gold, which means it’s ready for release.

Dead Island 2 was originally due to release on April 28th, 2023, but has been moved forward by a week to April 21st, 2023.

The new release date was announced in a brief video shared on Twitter by Dambuster Studio alongside: “You asked for it, you got it. Dead Island 2 went gold and it’s coming out a week early.”

Dead Island 2 takes place in an open-world Los Angeles and San Francisco, and it is set several months after the original Dead Space where the US Armed Forces have placed California under quarantine due to a stronger zombie outbreak.

The game will release for PC and all PlayStation and Xbox consoles on April 21st, 2023. Check out the latest trailer below: