Dead Island 2 might actually be released by early 2023
Dead Island 2 has weaved in and out of obscurity since its initial reveal all the way back in 2014. Thanks to frequent delays, lapses in communication, and massive shifts like changes in developers have led many players to consider Dead Island 2 as little more than a distant dream that will never come to fruition.
On Thursday, the combination of an industry insider report last week and Embracer Group’s Q3 FY22 financial report presentation (via VGC) raised the dead, so to speak, and breathed fresh life into Dead Island 2 by claiming development is progressing at a decent pace. Not only is Dead Island 2 well on its way to release, that release could arrive as soon as the end of 2022 or early 2023, according to the report.
Fans have been waiting on Dead Island 2 for nearly a decade now, and many have lost hope entirely. Dead Island 2 has been plagued with slow and complicated development, and has completed changed developers twice since its development began. Now, Dead Island 2 is being handled by Deep Silver’s Dambuster Studios, best known for Homefront: The Revolution.
If all goes well, what could very well be one of the best Xbox games for zombie survival-horror fans could arrive within a year. Dead Island 2 in its current form is still technically “unannounced,” however, and Embracer Group did not explicitly confirm a release window. Still, this may provide a glimmer of hope to Dead Island fans eager to get their hands on the next installment in the series.
An internet connection will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro
Microsoft has announced that later this year, users will be required to connect to the internet and sign-in with a Microsoft Account during the out of box setup experience on Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft has already been enforcing this requirement on Windows 11 Home since launch last October, and Windows 11 Pro is now expected to follow suit soon.