A man does his jogging ritual and does not notice the zombie apocalypse unfolding behind him. (Photo : YouTube/PlayStation)
"Dead Island 2" was suddenly removed from Steam without any warning or notice from the online shop. The disappearance has made some fans fearing the worst that the video game might have been cancelled for good this time.
The zombie apocalypse survival video game was suddenly removed from Valve's online shop recently, along with its store description and tags related to the game, according to the official forum of NeoGAF. After its removal, there has been no indication that it will be replaced with a new one. The game's Steam database entry is still present for some reason, which keeps record of all the changes that the online shop made.
According to Attack of the Fanboy, the disappearance of the video game from the online shop has made some fans speculate that the game might have been cancelled, for good this time. It was evident that the game had some trouble in its development cycle, and that might have been the reason it could be cancelled. The definitive edition of the game is going to be released soon, which makes it strange that the game developers would suddenly cancel the game all of a sudden.
This new update could also indicate that the sequel is still in development, and will take a longer period of time to do it, according to VG247. If this should happen, the game could be released at a much later date, making fans wait longer.
The video game was first announced at E3 2014, with a trailer that made fans get hyped to play it. Deep Silver also promised a game beta for players to try out soon, and the game was supposed to be released in 2015.
The sequel to the original game was first developed by Yager, who spent three years in developing the video game. After a delay and a period of silence from them, it was passed to Sumo Digital to continue their work. The prequel had a serious mood as a theme, which also made it popular for fans of zombie apocalypse games, but the sequel was supposed to be the opposite.
Check out the game trailer video below:
