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sn00zer · Jul 14, 2015

With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve, Deep Silver said. 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.
Read more at http://gematsu.com/2015/07/dead-islands-2-drops-yager-developer#Y6TgCPFKSApySORC.99

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jbug617 · Jul 14, 2015

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/dead-islands-2-drops-yager-developer

Yager Development will no longer work on Dead Island 2 as its developer, Deep Silver said in a statement sent to press this evening.

With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve, Deep Silver said. 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.

ezekial45 · Jul 14, 2015

Fuck, they must've really dropped the ball. That would explain its absence from E3.

_woLf · Jul 14, 2015

Welp, that game is never coming out.

Shame, I was looking forward to it. I thought it was weird that it was a no-show at E3.

ShockingAlberto · Jul 14, 2015

This goes partway to explaining how a game supposed to be out this summer hasn't been seen for a year.

Deleted member 47027 · Jul 14, 2015

God damn. That's insane. That's huge. That's...terrible.

SEGAvangelist · Jul 14, 2015

I hope Yager survives this.

Stranger In The Alps · Jul 14, 2015

Well fuck. This was looking so good too. I wonder what happened here?

Haunted · Jul 14, 2015

Goddamn, throwing the dev under the bus like Bethesda did with Humanhead. You know the project was in bad shape when the publisher pulls the emergency brakes and it comes to this.

Femmeworth · Jul 14, 2015

Poor Yager.

Layoffs to come next most likely.

They still have that F2P game they are making, so there is that.

JumPeRJumPzZ · Jul 14, 2015

Damn, the game was playable right?

ChaosZeroX · Jul 14, 2015

DAmn thats nuts. I hope development isn't to far behind considering this has happened.

Rebel Leader · Jul 14, 2015

I hope nothing bad happens to them

RoKKeR · Jul 14, 2015

Damn. I thought it looked alright.

NIN90 · Jul 14, 2015

yowza

Finaj · Jul 14, 2015

Damn it. It's Phantom Dust all over again.

DorkyMohr · Jul 14, 2015

Stranger In The Alps said:
Well fuck. This was looking so good too. I wonder what happened here?

Dying Light?

Carl · Jul 14, 2015

That has to be gutting. For both sides.

Deleted member 47027 · Jul 14, 2015

That's a lot of money to accept that you've lost, too. Damn.

jbug617 · Jul 14, 2015

Stranger In The Alps said:
Well fuck. This was looking so good too. I wonder what happened here?

Did any footage leak of the game? It had that trailer at Sony's conference but when the press saw it they said it looked rough

GavinUK86 · Jul 14, 2015

back to the drawing board i guess

jesu · Jul 14, 2015

Shit, even with the big delay they couldn't come up with something acceptable to Deep Silver.
I didn't like the sound of the Yager version anyway.

jediyoshi · Jul 14, 2015

Bizarre, the thing was totally playable to the public a year ago and it wasn't a train wreck. Can't imagine what went wrong.

Kresnik258 · Jul 14, 2015

Well that's surprising. First Techland ditch the series and now Yager?

I never really thought much of the direction they were taking Dead Island. They seemed to hit the same note in terms of combat and UI, but the setting just didn't interest me as much as the first two games.

That's not something that's going to change just by switching the developer, though.

Always felt like Yager were a bit better than this series too, after what they did with Spec Ops: The Line.

Anyway, very interested to see if we find out what happened here.

duckielein · Jul 14, 2015

ShockingAlberto said:
This goes partway to explaining how a game supposed to be out this summer hasn't been seen for a year.

Actually, it was planned for SPRING this year. Even harder.

SEGAvangelist · Jul 14, 2015

Hopefully we get a good insider Kotaku article on this.

Kuni · Jul 14, 2015

Wow that's rare. Must've been one hell of a break up

Sucks for all those affected, hope they survive this.

Haunted · Jul 14, 2015

jbug617 said:
Did any footage leak of the game? It had that trailer at Sony's conference but when the press saw it they said it looked rough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DutlVwyEcr8

StoveOven · Jul 14, 2015

It makes sense. This game was supposed to come out in Spring of this year before getting pushed back to 2016. Spec Ops: The Line was so good that it's weird to see Yager falter like this. However, it was also weird to see them make a Dead Island game after doing Spec Ops. Anyways, if this means Deep Silver is bringing quality control to a franchise that hasn't had any up to this point, then I guess it's for the better.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Jul 14, 2015

Preorder canceled.

pswii60 · Jul 14, 2015

I still want to understand what Yager were doing between 2005 and 2012. Surely Spec Ops didn't take 7 years to develop?

kurahador · Jul 14, 2015

Damn...I wonder if Deep Silver decides to give it to Techland instead?

Zeouterlimits · Jul 14, 2015

Jeez, that's.. wow.
Sorry to hear, but am interested to hear what happened.

Alex Connolly · Jul 14, 2015

Timegate to reform.

Nzyme32 · Jul 14, 2015

Did we even see any of the game other than the CG trailer?

SymbiantXenos · Jul 14, 2015

So yager bombed.

Fat4all · Jul 14, 2015

There goes my hope for Dead Island 2 :/

Kurtofan · Jul 14, 2015

Devil's Third: Dead Island

Robiin · Jul 14, 2015

Vince McMahon said:
That's a lot of money to accept that you've lost, too. Damn.

Deep Silver probably keeps all the assets and such, I assume? Sucks for the people who will be out of a job with nothing shipped to show for a few years of work..

Mandelbo · Jul 14, 2015

Sounds like something major went wrong. It's strange seeing a publisher be so upfront and public about it, though.

RE_Player · Jul 14, 2015

Not a good sign.

Lakitu · Jul 14, 2015

I thought it looked somewhat decent at E3 2014. What the hell happened?

robotrock · Jul 14, 2015

Damn. Spec Ops: The Line was brilliant.

Pouring one out.

Patison · Jul 14, 2015

After Spec Ops I was curious what cliches they could turn upside down, but there were rumours that game consists only of fetch quests and there's no actual story, so I hope it's for the best.

Bergerac · Jul 14, 2015

To be fair I really wasn't liking the persistent world idea. I want an A to B game out of it. The best zombie games give you a clear path from A to B. No tower defence, no endless missions.

JaseC · Jul 14, 2015

Time to hit up Gearbox and listen to Pitchford wax lyrical about how the studio wouldn't have signed on if it didn't believe it was up to the task of making a great Dead Island game.

SnowHawk · Jul 14, 2015

I played this at Gamescom last year. Something must have gone terribly wrong since then.

KainXVIII · Jul 14, 2015

Nice! Zombie games need to rest in peace.

GeoramA · Jul 14, 2015

Shit. I like Yager, but yeah Dead Island 2 just didn't seem like it was coming along well at all.

dragonflys545 · Jul 14, 2015

Bet Dying Light has something to do with this change.

That game was a blast!

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