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Dead Island 2 surprise launches on Xbox Game Pass


Surprise! Dead Island 2 has popped up as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, despite not being listed by Microsoft…

Dead Island 2 publisher Plaion has now confirmed the news, though in a blog post noted the game was "for Ultimate members". Publishing parent company Embracer said the game had beaten internal expectations, though has not provided further detail on sales since. "A straightforwardly accomplished zombie action-RPG that doesn't quite make the most of its Californian setting," Edwin Evans-Thirlwell wrote, giving the game a lukewarm three stars in Eurogamer's Dead Island 2 review.

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