Deep Silver has gone on record stating that a follow-up to Dead Island is not in the works at the moment. A rumor started circulating earlier this week that Yager Development, those behind Spec Ops: The Line, had been brought on to develop Dead Island 2. However, the rumor was quickly squashed through Deep Silver’s comments.
Here’s what the publisher had to say on the subject:
We are neither working with Yager on Dead Island 2 nor do we have any contractual agreement with Yager about any project at this point.
Yager and Deep Silver do have a very close relationship, based on personal and professional connections between the parties. There is a legitimate chance that we will – at some point – work together on a title – and I would not even exclude the possibility that this could be something within the Dead Island franchise.
We have neither something in place or in discussion between the parties that would explain such a news, nor do we have Dead Island 2 in concept or production with external partners.
Late last year, many believed that the developers responsible for Dead Island, Techland, since they filed a trademark for “Dead World”. Given the success of Dead Island, a sequel will surely grace consoles in the future, but for now, we will just have to wait.