Rave from the Grave?

A staggering eight years on from its preliminary teaser, there may be recent proof that zombie-mashing sequel Lifeless Island 2 is nearly able to grace us with its putrid presence. On-line retailer Amazon has opened a brand new itemizing for the “Is it even occurring?” launch, full with a launch date of February 3, 2023.

The itemizing contains field artwork, screenshots, and a sport description, which is greater than anyone has seen of Lifeless Island 2 from writer Deep Silver or developer Dambuster Studios. In keeping with Amazon, the sequel is able to rock on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, (present and last-gen), and can, as soon as once more, see gamers select from a collection of characters earlier than partaking in gory, open-world mayhem on the streets of a plague-ridden Los Angeles. The blurb additionally means that the heroes themselves are contaminated, and might make the most of the zombie inside them to unleash additional carnage.

It’s the very best proof but that Lifeless Island 2 just isn’t solely nonetheless on deck, however is, apparently, mere months away from launch. Initially introduced with a memorable teaser trailer at E3 2014, the sequel has since bounced via a number of studios and has been topic to an array of cancellation rumors. Can the long-awaited title ship after being mired in improvement hell? It appears, in accordance with Amazon a minimum of, that we actually don’t have to attend an excessive amount of longer to search out out.

With Gamescom on the horizon, I might anticipate that we’ll be listening to some official information from Deep Silver within the very close to future. Lifeless Island 2 is at the moment in improvement at Dambuster Studios.