Dead Island 2 News

Slayers, the wait is over – the Ultimate Edition has landed, and it’s time to paint the town red… with zombie guts. The full-throttle Dead Island 2 experience is here, and it’s packing more mayhem than ever.

A gnarly virus is shredding through Los Angeles (or as we like to call it, HELL-A), turning the city into a hellscape of walking corpses. You’re bitten, infected, but guess what? You’re not going down easy. You’ve got a bigger part to play. Uncover the filthy truth behind the outbreak and discover what kind of monster you really are. From the posh mansions of Beverly Hills to the twisted fun of Venice Beach, you’re in for the bloodiest, goriest road trip of your life.



The Ultimate Edition is your all-access pass to the Zompocalypse. We’ve crammed it with everything you need – two story-driven DLCs - Haus and SoLA, plus a full arsenal of weapon packs and skins to help you tear through the undead with style.

And for all you Gold Edition owners, no worries – we’ve got you covered. Your bundle will auto-upgrade to the Ultimate Edition at no extra cost. You’ll get all the new content for the low price of FREE. Yeah, you heard that right.

But that’s not all. We’re dropping alongside the Ultimate Edition is the massive, beastly free Patch 6 update! You’ll get Neighborhood Watch, a brutal new horde mode where you’ll fight to defend your frat house in the Venice canals. Solo (if you’re feeling extra savage) or co-op, it’s pure survival – and it’s not for the faint of heart.

Oh, and the long-awaited New Game Plus? Yeah, that’s finally here too. New zombie breeds, a boosted level cap, extra skill slots – it’s gonna be tougher, meaner, and a straight-up massacre.



And don’t forget – the Ultimate Edition is on sale right now. Get your ticket to HELL-A at a killer price, and let the chaos begin.

Last but not least; if you want to sharpen your slaying skills and have a taste of HELL-A you'll find brand new Dead Island 2 Free trials on PlayStation and Xbox right now!

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Listen up, Slayers! The countdown is on! Tomorrow, we unleash both Dead Island 2 Ultimate Edition, packed with rich DLC content, and Patch 6, a free update bringing to the fray two new game modes: Neighborhood Watch and New Game+.

[h5]Are you ready to dominate the undead like never before? [/h5]

To kick off this blood-soaked celebration, we’re slashing prices on the Dead Island 2 main game and Gold Edition! 🎉 Here’s the badass twist: all you hardcore Gold Edition owners will score an automatic upgrade to the Ultimate Edition for FREE! That means all the new content is yours, no strings attached! More weapons, more chaos, and more ways to wreak havoc are just around the corner!

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If you’ve been sleeping on Dead Island 2 or missed your shot at unleashing carnage in HELL-A, now’s your chance! This is your moment to dive into the action, relive the thrilling mayhem of the main game, and face off against relentless hordes of the undead. Explore the gritty narratives of both DLCs—Haus and SoLA—and prepare to confront challenges that will push your survival instincts to the brink.



Load up on some seriously killer weapons from the extra packs that’ll have you slicing and blasting your way through the apocalypse like a true legend. Whether you’re smashing skulls with brutal melee weapons or raining down fiery doom with explosive firepower, you’ll have everything you need to turn the undead into pulp!

And remember—tomorrow, the new mode is dropping hotter than a fresh batch of zombies, bringing intense, heart-pounding gameplay that’ll push you to your limits! This isn’t just another day in HELL-A — it’s a battle for survival, and you’re at the forefront!



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[h3]When the team at Dambuster Studio started work on Dead Island 2’s New Game Plus, they knew they didn’t want to make it just the same campaign with a higher level cap. ‘We want players to have a reason to replay the game with the characters they love’ says Tim Donks, Senior Designer. [/h3]


In fact, Patch 6’s New Game Plus mode gives fans a whole bunch of reasons to head back onto the gore-soaked streets of Hell-A. As with most NG+ modes, you can start the game again with your favourite slayer, equipped with all the skills, abilities and weapons you built up during your first run. But New Game Plus isn’t taking any prisoners. It’s ready to mix up enemy encounters and make damn sure that even skilled DI2 vets face a serious challenge.

Once players arrive in Bel Air – New Game Plus skips the campaign’s prologue – they’re going to find the action very different. They’ll encounter familiar zombies in new locations, and some tougher zombies where they wouldn’t previously expect them. Even the basic walkers have had their health upgraded along with their damage, while Apex Zombie variants aren’t going to wait for their turn in the spotlight. ‘Before you had to wait until the end of the game to start seeing mutators or anything like that’ says Associate Lead Level Designer, James Gamlin. ‘In New Game Plus, they’ll be appearing very early on.’


And then there are the new Revenants. These killer new takes on your favourite Apex Zombies don’t just have a dark new look, but new behaviours and tweaked capabilities that make them deliberately hard to slay. ‘This combined with the changes from New Game Plus are going to push the challenge all the way up to 11’ says Donks. You don’t need to kill them all, adds Gamlin, though you’ll miss out on some great rewards. ‘We don’t want them to be roadblocks and we didn’t want to add huge difficulty spikes. But if players want that challenge, thay’ll find it.’

Don’t even think about power-levelling and cheesing through the action, either. New Game Plus is designed to more closely scale the zombie threat against your slayer’s current level, and every big boss zombie is guaranteed to be a higher level.

Luckily, players come in with a few advantages. Not only can they bring in their existing skill cards and capabilities, but they’ll have more slots to fill in every category. This allows for builds players couldn’t create before, where they can explore new tactics and killer skill and weapon combos. Meanwhile, every weapon that drops in New Game Plus will be more powerful than those in the main game, with more fixed-rarity weapons to collect and wield. The team hopes this will encourage players to make the most of weapons that they might previously have left behind.


New Game Plus is going to be a test of guts and skill, but that’s just going to inspire Dead Island 2 fans to think up with new slayer builds and strategies. And if it’s not tough enough, players can fill one of their additional skills with the Masochist card Dead Island 2 introduced earlier this year, making the walking dead even tougher to put down. As Donks puts it, ‘New Game Plus with Masochist is the ultimate Dead Island 2 challenge.’

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We know some of you sharp-eyed survivors have spotted something extra fierce in the Dead Island 2 Ultimate Edition: the Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Pack. If you’ve been wondering what kind of destruction it brings, it’s time to spill some guts—zombie guts, that is.

[h5]These aren’t just some old-school relics; they’re full-blown zombie wrecking machines, ready to unleash hell in HELL-A. Trust us, it’s about to get real messy.[/h5]

[h3]Sir Radzig's Sword[/h3]

Grab Sir Radzig’s Sword, and you’re not just holding some rusty medieval blade—you’re wielding a freakin’ legend. This thing’s seen wars, betrayal, and more blood than you can imagine. Now it's your turn to bring that same fire to HELL-A. This beast slices through shamblers like they’re made of wet paper. One swing, and you'll be standing over a heap of rotting limbs. Get ready to send the undead back to the dirt where they belong, ‘cause with this thing in hand, you’re straight-up untouchable.



[h3]Zizka's Mace[/h3]

Need something that hits like a tank? Zizka’s Mace is here to make zombie heads pop like watermelons and to break faces—literally. Forget about finesse; this bad boy is pure smash and bash. A skull-crushing tool of brutes, hammering the dead with raging force. A weapon of choice of the famous Czech warrior Jan Zizka, whose one-eyed face and war reputation made him a living symbol of this powerful weapon. This thing’s designed to turn zombie heads into soup. You wanna make the undead regret crawling out of their graves? One swing of this heavy hitter, and you’ll be painting the streets red with zombie bits.



These weapons ain't just legends in Bohemia—they’re about to be every Slayer’s best friend in Hell-A. Trust us, the zombies won’t know what hit ‘em. You’re not just bringing the pain, you’re bringing medieval chaos. With Sir Radzig’s Sword and Zizka’s Mace in hand, you’ll leave nothing but a trail of limbs and shattered skulls behind. Time to show these undead nightmares what going full medieval really means

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The VCLA Bobcat heroes of Dead Island 2’s new Neighborhood Watch mode face a fierce fight for survival. Luckily, they don’t just have their guns and crazy, supped up melee weapons to rely on, but also their own awesome Talents

These don’t work quite like the skills in the main campaign. Your Bobcats are just regular survivors, while Neighborhood Watch works at a different kind of pace. “We wanted people to be able to jump into the game really quickly, and not spend a bunch of time reading text and trying to finalise their loadouts” says Fishlabs’ Design Director, PChan.



Each Bobcat starts with a set of Ability Talents, Utility Talents and Signature Attacks, and each type has its own Talent sets players can progress through as they battle through each week.

The Ability Talents work like the curveballs in the main game, giving you a grenade-like attack you can hurl into a mob of zombies, or a buff you can lob to help teammates in a jam. They’re also specific to each class, giving Dez the chemist explosive chemical weapons, or Rav the pre-med student medkits. Ability Talents run on a cooldown timer; you can’t spam them endlessly, but they won’t run out.

Each class also has passive Utility Talents, giving you perks and bonuses that stay active through the session. For instance, Rav has a passive that increases shove velocity and damage, giving him more power to push zombies back or bowl them over. Other passives reduce your cooldowns or accelerate how quickly you can generate ‘Bond ’: the new power meter the Bobcats charge by working and fighting as a team.



You’ll want all the bond you can get, because it powers your Signature Attacks . As PChan tells it, “there are five or six signature attacks per class. They’re activated by Bond and they always do something spectacular.”

For example, Bozzy, the hunter class, has a Mantis crossbow signature weapon that’s a machine for one-shot kills. Trigger his signature attack and you’ll have a five-second window to shoot as many bolts as you can, with each kill adding another half a second of slaying time. Keep ranking up, and Bozzy also gets a spread-shot, firing off five bolts at once.

There are similar upgrades in store for Dez’s Zombie-freezing grenades . Rank up to unlock Signature Attacks , and you’ll be able to lob several of these babies simultaneously – enough to stop a mob of mindless flesh-munchers in their tracks. Rav, meanwhile, gets a brutal charge attack, perfect for knocking Shamblers off their feet or smashing through the horde . Rank up , and you’ve got yourself a juggernaut.

Plays can progress through the three Talent sets by completing their daily missions, and when you finish each five-day session, any XP you’ve accrued feeds into a class-specific Rank meter , unlocking further Talents or cool Session Modifiers you can apply to future sessions.

If you want to battle zombies in Hollywood-style suits or zombie firemen or cops, the choice will be yours. Some modifiers will make the session even more challenging for the Bobcats, but don’t worry: you’ll get an XP boost to make it worth your while!

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