Long-awaited Dead Island 2 reveals Gamescom announcement frenzy

This gallery of Dead Island 2 gameplay footage is pretty gruesome; clicking through becomes more violent from now on. Deep Silver / Dambuster

But first... wait... is Gary Oldman climbing an automated stair system with a big gun?

Welcome to "Hell-A."

A neon fit fit for the zombie apocalypse.

Trust is limited among the undead.

Here they are.

Zap.

Zap-zap-zap-zap-zap. Deep Silver / Dambuster

Bad news for the face of this human.

Bad news for this zombie's entire skull.

Eight years after its public announcement, Dead Island 2 finally feels like a video game, and its bloody and polished gameplay reveal capped off a long presentation of game trailers and announcements video during Gamescom opening night.< /p>

The open-world zombie survival game, as developed by British game studio Dambuster, has also secured a firm release date of February 2, 2023 on current and previous-gen consoles and Windows PCs (via Epic games store). It uproots the series from its island origins to a version of zombie-ravaged Los Angeles (or, as the trailer calls it, "Hell-A"). The gameplay revealed for this melee-focused first-person game is so ripe with detailed facial animations, massive open-world environments, and bloody amputation that we wonder how it'll scale down to Xbox One hardware. Still, the trailer does a solid job of emphasizing humor, conflict, and solid voice acting, which might just be the spark of production value this game needs to set itself apart from so many games. video about open worlds, zombies and bloody fights.

Gamecom's event had no unifying concept beyond "game studios that