It was reported on Wednesday that Deep Silver had parted ways with Dead Island 2’s developer Yager, with the former developer saying that it was a difference of vision between themselves and Deep Silver resulted in the decision to go its separate ways.
Timo Ulmann, the managing director of Yager Developments has said in a statement that the project “fell out of alignment.” The full statement reads as follows:
”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.”
Deep Silver announced the separation on July 14th in a brief statement that read:
“After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner Yager.”
“With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve.”
Deep Silver went on to add the following:
“We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage”
So there you have it, Dead Island 2 is not dead and buried and will one day rise again, it’s just a question of when.
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