FIRST DEAD ISLAND 2 DLC OUT NOW; GORE-SOME FUTURE PLANS UNVEILED

This is the Roadmap to HELL-A!

HELL-A, CALIFORNIA / Sydney, Australia, 14^th June 2023 | Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios announce the first wave of DLC for Dead Island 2, with a number of free and paid for additions to the Dead Island 2 world, along with a Quality of Life patch improving an already bloody brilliant game.

Giving a hint of what’s to come gameplay-wise, two expansions will feature brand new missions, weapons and skills, and areas to explore. Haus will be the first expansion. How does a billionaire prepare for the zompocalypse? A techno-death cult with a healthy splash of debauchery and gore! Haus is slated for a Q4 2023 release.

The second expansion will welcome players to the SOLA festival, where LA’s party people can greenwash their way to ecstasy and save the planet, one rave at a time. So L.A! SOLA Festival, will launch in Q2 2024. Haus and SOLA Festival are included in the Expansion Pass and will be available to buy separately.

From today, players will be able to access the new Cosplay feature. This is unlocked during the Call The Cavalry quest, after which players can select cosplay via the main menu or by visiting any storage locker in the game. Cosplay houses a brand new collection of character skins to customise slayers:  

• Premium Character Packs: these include a unique skin for the slayer named in the pack and a weapon that can be used by any of the slayers, from the HELL-A Catwalk Collection. There are a total of 6 character packs, all available to purchase from digital stores today:
  • Character Packs 1 (Silver Star Jacob) and 2 (Cyber Slayer Amy) are included for owners of the Deluxe, Gold and HELL-A Editions of Dead Island 2.
  • Four further character packs – Gaelic Queen Dani (included for owners of the Expansion Pass), Jungle Fantasy Ryan, Steel Horse Carla and Venice Vogue Bruno – are also available to further enhance your Slayer’s stylish look.

• ‘Til Dawn’ Collection: features a brand new skin for each of the 6 slayers, free for all players. These will automatically appear in the cosplay section after the latest game update, once players reach the unlock point.

In addition, players will be able to get ‘From Dusk’ Collection skins through Prime Gaming Rewards (for Amazon Prime members) throughout 2023. From Dusk Dani is first and available from June 15^th-July 17^th. It includes the Legless FOMOrian skin which can be selected when playing as Dani, and the FOMOrian Claws, which can be used with any of the six slayers. Keep an eye on social channels for more details.

Finally, two community-led activities round up the new content and further bolster the Dead Island 2 experience for players:

1. From June 15^th-July 10^th by tuning into participating channels streaming Dead Island 2 on Twitch for as little as 20 minutes, you can claim the Maulibu Panga machete.
2. Sign up to our mailing list and bisect 1,000 limbs for your chance to win the Maulibu Nights(tick). 

The Quality of Life patch includes a number of bug fixes and improvements, including the added cosplay feature, client co-op improvements, performance and stability improvements, and various fixes. Check out the blog here for more information: https://deadisland.com/au/news/news-patch-notes

Dead Island 2 is also now available for a limited period with 20% off the Standard Edition through digital stores as linked below.

Xbox ‘Deals Unlocked’ sale June 6^th-20^th: https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/dead-island-2

Epic Game ‘Mega Sale’ June 6^th-15^th: https://store.epicgames.com/p/dead-island-2

Dead Island 2 is out now on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment systems from Microsoft, PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4 computer entertainment systems and the Epic Games Store for PC.

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Read the full patch notes here: https://deadisland.com/au/news/news-patch-notes

Read the Dead Island 2 Roadmap blog here: https://deadisland.com/news/roadmap

ABOUT DEEP SILVER

Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds by creating products of the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires. Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, and the gritty, post-apocalyptic Metro series. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include the next entries into the TimeSplitters and Dead Island franchises. Deep Silver development studios include Deep Silver Dambuster Studios and Free Radical Design, both in Nottingham, UK and Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com. All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.

ABOUT DEEP SILVER DAMBUSTER STUDIOS

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios is a AAA game developer with a heritage spanning over 20 years, with around 170 designers, narrators, artists, programmers and engineers making up the talented team.

Established in Nottingham (UK), the studio was founded by a passionate team of games industry veterans, with the genesis of the studio traced back to the late 1990s, when several people formed Free Radical Design where they worked on TimeSplitters.

In 2014 the studio was acquired by Deep Silver and rebranded Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. It released Homefront: The Revolution for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2016. In the 12 months following the launch of Homefront it released additional Resistance Mode content and three individual story expansions; The Voice of Freedom, Aftermath and the final story bookend, Beyond the Walls.

The studio is now developing the next instalment in the highly successful Dead Island series of games.

 For more information please visit www.DSDambuster.com.