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Dead Island 2's canned original version "would have killed the franchise", insists exec
Cast your mind back, and you might recall Dead Island 2's eventual, near-decade-long journey to release. Well, a former…
Now though, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz, former Deep Silver head of communications Martin Wein has shed a little more light on Dead Island 2's troubled journey during a panel at Develop:Brighton. biz, "the developer wanted to pursue their vision rather than follow player feedback", and when the game remained the same at the next milestone, the decision was made to find a new studio. As to its quiet time at Sumo Digital, Wein shared nothing on that period of its development - but its strange saga did at least have a happy ending.
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