Expanding upon this, they reflected on the way humans deal with real-world horror with jokes as a coping mechanism and explained that the game would not be drawn into a " Whedonistic world" with its humor, but would use those comedic moments to juxtapose and enhance its more serious and darker elements, making them hit much harder.Īfter eight long years, Dead Island fans are finally set to get their hands on the long-awaited sequel in February 2023.
The zombie action sequel launched on April 21 and sold 1 million copies in the first three days after its release.Īccording to Embracer Group, Dead Island 2 showed the largest launch in the history of Deep Silver publishing house and parent company Plaion both in terms of the number of copies and revenue.Įmbracer Group co -founder and CEO Lars Vingefors noted that they are pleased that the decision to give developers more time to fine-tune the game has paid off.Īs part of the report, Embracer also revealed updated sales of the Metro: Exodus shooter, which reached 8.5 million copies with 10 million players, and confirmed that Payday 3, Remnant II and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 are still scheduled for release by the end of March 2024.Īt the same time, the fourth AAA game, originally scheduled for release in the current fiscal year, seems to have been postponed to the next fiscal year.Although Dead Island 2 saw updates from different developers multiple times since its initial, lighter-toned reveal trailer in 2014, Worrall and Olsson confirmed that the upcoming game would still have a sense of humor reminiscent of horror comedy movies from the 80s and 90s. Embracer Group announced in its financial report that sales of Dead Island 2 have already exceeded 2 million copies.