

The original game’s developers, Techland,were meant to take on the sequel, but instead decided to partner with WB Games to work on the far better Dying Light. When it seemed like everyone and their mothers were getting involved with the zombie craze, Dead Island 2 was announced at E3 2014 and would feature a more vibrant Californian setting. Escape Dead Island was also a thing, but let’s never mention that again. Riptide became a flop, selling far less than the original title and receiving an even more tepid reception. The game was fun enough to maintain a solid fanbase, however, with the original game’s sales success (over 5 million) landing it a semi-sequel, Dead Island: Riptide. Despite having one of the best game trailers ever, which the actual product held almost no similarity to, it faded into relative obscurity shortly after. PC players can both host and join co-op sessions.Back in 2011, Dead Island, an open-world zombie-killing action-RPG, released to a lukewarm reception from gamers and critics. Base Generation 8 consoles (PlayStation 4/Xbox One|S) will not be able to host the game at launch, but they will be able to join it," says "We're working on giving the option to host on all consoles in the future. "Due to the game's graphic requirements, the host must play on the latest generation console (PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X|S) or one of the Generation 8+ consoles (PlayStation 4 Pro/Xbox One X). Developer Dambuster Studios has confirmed it's working on remedying this, but provides no date on when this remedy will roll out. More specifically, PS4 and Xbox One players currently can't host co-op sessions. That said, Dead Island 2 players on PS4 and Xbox One are going to need to wait even longer to access one feature available on other versions of the game. Dead Island 2 was finally released yesterday on PC and both generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles after years of delays and uncertainty if the sequel was ever actually going to come out.
