Dead Island 2is the highly anticipated follow-up to the zombie-hunting original title Deep Silver’s Dambuster Studios made in 2011. With an initially planned drop date in 2015, therehave been several roadblocksleading up to the game’s release, including studio changes and delays, but it will finally drop in April 2023.
The story takes players to a zombie-ridden Los Angeles, where they fight to survive as one of the six playable characters or with friends using the online co-op features. Gameplay features include heavy melee combat, semi-open world exploring, unique new weapons, and tons of zombie variants. The main goal is to kill as many zombies as possible while trying to escape the large city of Los Angeles. So, now that the wait is almost over, this guide has all the information on the release date and times forDead Island 2.
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Dead Island 2is releasing on multiple platforms, including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Its release date is April 21st, 2023, but some players will get access to thezombie slasher a day earlydue to time zones.
Dead Island 2is set to drop on April 21st at midnight ET across all platforms in North America. All other North American time zones get it on April 20th at the following times: 9:00 PM PT, 10:00 PM MT, and 11:00 PM CT. Those in Europe, Asia, and Australia will getDead Island 2at midnight on April 21st, 2023, their local time.
Dead Island 2is available now for pre-order across all supported platforms. Players who already own the game and want to get a head start on downloading canpre-load on Xbox consolesstarting April 3rd, 2023, and on PlayStation consoles April 19th, 2023. Unfortunately, there is no pre-load option on PC. The file sizes forDead Island 2on all platforms are listed below:
ThePC requirements forDead Island 2are listed on the Epic Games Store. Players must have at least an AMD FX-9590 / Intel Core i7-7700HQ as the minimum processor. For graphics, it is recommended that they use a Radeon RX 6800 XT (16384 VRAM) / GeForce RTX 2070 Suer (8192 MB). Players will also need an Epic Games Store account to purchase and playDead Island 2.
Dead Island 2will launch on April 21st, 2023, and is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
