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Deep Silver pulls developer Yager from Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2's development is apparently still not going the way publisher Deep Silver has hoped, so developer Yager has been taken off the project.

Ozzie Mejia

July 14, 2015 2:46 PM

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There's been an interesting development in regards to Dead Island 2's ongoing development. It now appears that publisher Deep Silver and developer Yager have gone their separate ways, with the developer now apparently off the project.

"With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve," reads the official publisher statement. "After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner Yager."

This comes less than three months after Deep Silver delayed the game until 2016. The publisher statement at the time did not seem particularly positive, alluding to goals that were not met and putting the onus on Yager to complete the project.

Deep Silver is promising to continue "working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life" and is promising information at a later date. Whether that plan includes passing off the game to an entirely new developer or one of the dev studios currently under the Deep Silver umbrella remains to be seen.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?