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[Rocketz]

I assumed this was in trouble after it went dark after E3 last year.

 

[ezekial45]

I'm wondering if the project just got too big for Yager?

Who else are they going to give this project to? There's not that many indies that can handle a game of this scale.

 

[dark_inferno]

I hope Yagar makes a better game now. Seems like it was doomed from the start.

 

[Mdk7]

One year ago at Gamescom it was looking really rough. But what really worried me was the direction they were taking the franchise to, with no story whatsoever, forced multiplayer and that silly over the top tone.

 

[Kifimbo]

Spec Ops: The Line also took a long time to come out. It seems Deep Silver isn't as patient as Take-Two.

 

[Mahonay]

Welp that explains the no show at E3.

I think it's the right decision to go back and rework the game after seeing Dying Light improve on the formula, but I wonder what led to the decision to completely part ways with Yager.

 

[Bergerac]

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

https://youtu.be/fNeC2sZu9r0

 

[JaseC]

I'm wondering if the project just got too big for Yager?

Who else are they going to give this project to? There's not that many indies that can handle a game of this scale.

Techland. A twist M. Night Shyamalan would be proud of.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Dead Island 2 looked and sounded like garbage, I hope this means they'll go back to the drawing in some respects and not have the game be an endless stream of repetitive missions with no end in sight.

 

[Shiggy]

The studio might be in trouble then.

 

[John Bender]

Damn! What?

I've played the game a year ago. What happened here?

 

[Trojan]

Preorder canceled.

Preorder reallocated to Dying Light 2

 

[Xater]

Damn, the game was playable right?

Yup, played it last year.

Something must have gone really wrong or Deep Silver was not happy with how long it was taking. Who knows?

 

[Protome]

Bizarre. It was publicly playable at EGX last year.

And terrible.

 

[ryseing]

Bet Dying Light has something to do with this change.


That game was a blast!

Ding ding ding.

DI sequel was going to have to be way more inventive post DL.

 

[YianGaruga]

Just give it to Platinum

They seem to make all games these days anyway

 

[Maxios]

I'm not at all surprised by this. I was able to play it at an expo last year, and it was terrible in every way possible.

 

[Guymelef]

Man, Homefront Revolution and Dead Island 2.
Deep Silver scares me.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Holy shit. Poor Yager. I would love to know what happened behind the scenes.

 

[speedomodel]

Shit...terrible news.

Was excited to see what Yager could do with the series..

 

[JaseC]

I just remembered that Escape Dead Island pre-purchasers were given a registration key for the Dead Island 2 beta. Needless to say, that's still yet to kick off. I don't think I've received a single follow-up e-mail.

 

[CHC]

Man this must have been a real stinker....

Kind of a shame, the first one seemed to have some good ideas in it.

 

[serenewarfare]

I think Dying Light doing as well as it did both critically and commercially hurt the prospects of Dead Island 2. Going back to that exact same style of game without the dynamic movement system would have felt like a step backwards.

 

[chadskin]

Ouch. Hope Yager survives this.

 

[Kifimbo]

I wonder if they are gonna give it to Volition.

 

[jond76]

Whooooaaaa. Crazy.

 

[Stone Ocean]

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.

Yeah, I don't see this coming out either

Not as a good game at least

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Bet Dying Light has something to do with this change.


That game was a blast!

Dying Light reminded me why I'm a gamer. Hopefully Dead Island 2 comes out at some point and is equal to DL.

 

[cyba89]

Not interested in DI2 at all. I just hope this doesn't hurt Yager too much.

 

[Xater]

I think Dying Light doing as well as it did both critically and commercially hurt the prospects of Dead Island 2. Going back to that exact same style of game without the dynamic movement system would have felt like a step backwards. Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of resources for Dead Island 2 just get put towards a sequel to Dying Light.

What resources? Different publisher and developer.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

I hated the idea of no story though, or at least no end to the story, that seemed like a really shitty idea to me.

 

[FF Seraphim]

Wow, did anyone even hint at development trouble with this game other than it not showing at E3?

The game has been in product for how long? 1.5 years? This is a big thing.

 

[M.D]

I think Dying Light doing as well as it did both critically and commercially hurt the prospects of Dead Island 2. Going back to that exact same style of game without the dynamic movement system would have felt like a step backwards. Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of resources for Dead Island 2 just get put towards a sequel to Dying Light.

Techland (Dead Island/Dying Light developer) is independent

Deep Silver is a publisher and the owner of Dead Island, but they have nothing to do with Dying Light which was published by Warner

 

[BennyBlanco]

I hated the idea of no story though, or at least no end to the story, that seemed like a really shitty idea to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1zRy2HOKU

Yeah such a shame we won't get more of this.

 

[Nordicus]

That reminds me, we haven't seen anything of Dreadnought in a while

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Remember this being up for pre order on PSN. I assume they were refunded though.

 

[jediyoshi]

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

It was out on the show floor open to the public at last year's PAX Prime. Ton of stations too.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Spec Ops: The Line also took a long time to come out. It seems Deep Silver isn't as patient as Take-Two.

ooooh. Yager did Spec Ops? Well that explains a lot. Spec Ops was fucking garbage.

Hopefully no-one is fired over this though.

 

[NerdEyeBlind]

Iron Galaxy looking for work

 

[Xater]

Iron Galaxy looking for work

They only make flash games.

 

[Father_Brain]

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

They were developing a Contra reboot for Konami, likely the one teased at E3 a few years back. I don't think that was in development very long, though.

 

[BaronMonstro]

Bizarre. It was publicly playable at EGX last year.

And terrible.

I went to the Yager DI:2 Developer Session, and it was pretty awkward. To make matters worse it seemed like every bug possible happened during the demo show off.

I think it's on Youtube actually.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KScR8l4WBQ4 not as bad as I remembered but I just recall the atmosphere being rather awkward.

 

[JayEH]

Damn second dev deep silver has dropped in a year. Not looking good for them. (Crytek with Homefront being the first)

 

[FelipeMGM]

First the delay now this. I hope no one looses their job over there

Now how awesome (and ironic) would be if they asked Techland to take on this project?

ooooh. Yager did Spec Ops? Well that explains a lot. Spec Ops was fucking garbage.

Hopefully no-one is fired over this though.

Nah bruh
I really like that game

 

[Rymuth]

Ugh...whyyyy~

 

[son of a Sven]

So yager bombed.

Took me a bit but then I LOL'd

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Man, Homefront Revolution and Dead Island 2.
Deep Silver scares me.

What happened with Homefront?

 

[Mechazawa]

I think some of you might be putting too much stock in Dying Light.

I think it's much more likely that given Yager's last game and how long and how many delays and revisions it took them to make a shooter with ultimately mediocre shooting mechanics, that it's possible Yager just wholesale dropped the ball.

 

[JaseC]

Damn second dev deep silver has dropped in a year. Not looking good for them. (Crytek with Homefront being the first)

Not exactly. Crytek killed off Crytek UK when it agreed to sell the Homefront IP due to its financial woes and Deep Silver formed a replacement studio using some former staff.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Yeah, I'm going to echo the sentiment that this doesn't sound good at all. It's hard to put a good spin on it. Really wondering if development was going that poorly.