Dead Island 2 back in development by Sumo Digital

Dead Island 2 was assumed dead in the water last year when publisher Deep Silver removed then developer Yager. Supposedly, the developer did not wish to make changes to the series that the publisher did, which cost them not only their game but their studio as well. Shortly after being removed from the game, Yager shut down. Today, in a report from MCV, the game is still very much alive and now in the hands of Crackdown 3 developer Sumo Digital. Sumo also worked on games like Forza Horizon 2 on the Xbox 360 as well as Little Big Planet and various Disney Infinity portions of the game.

Koch Media CEO Klemens Kondratitz told MCV that

“Sumo showed so much understanding of the brand, had creative ideas and an excellent, vision that was aligned with our own. It just made perfect sense for us to move the project to them. We will reveal more details at a later stage, but for now I’d like to say that we are obviously super excited about the progress that we are making with them.”

So, what a week for Dead Island fans, huh? We went from being dead in the water (pun intended) to a new Definitive Edition as well as Dead Island 2 announcements in the same week. So much zombie love. What do you guys think? Will Sumo Digital pull it off? Let us know.