Could We See 'DEAD ISLAND 2' Sooner Than Later? Embracer Group Chimes In On Project!

Last week a rumor was floating around about the possibility of a sequel to Dead Island. The Embracer Group (Which which owns publisher Deep Silver) has chimed in on the subject today.

Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors hinted that Dead Island 2 would be out late this year or early next.

During the Q&A session that followed the report, Carnegie equity research analyst Oscar Erixon posed the question of if it was “reasonable” that people would expect Dead Island 2 to arrive during the next financial year. In doing so, Erixon attempted to goad Wingefors into giving up some info about the game. “People have sort of written off [Dead Island 2], not knowing if it’s still alive. But it very clearly is. I, at least, expect the release this financial year—sorry, next financial year, I should say. Is that reasonable? What can we expect from the title?”

Wingefors stuck to the script with regards to unannounced game. “I can’t talk about Dead Island 2 because it’s not announced, as such, from the publisher, but we have just talked about—we have one unannounced triple-A title that you think is Dead Island 2.” Wingefors also had a bit of a wink in his answer, adding “It’s hard for me to comment further on that. But I’m excited about unannounced titles.”

This is still very much a “what if” scenario so we shall see if we’ll be slicing up some zombies in Dead Island 2.

Thanks to Video Games Chronicle for the heads up.

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