Still, the trailer does a solid job emphasizing humor, conflict, and solid voice acting, which might be the production-value spark this game needs to stand out from so many video games about open worlds, zombies, and gory combat. The gameplay reveal for this melee-focused first-person game is so ripe with detailed facial animations, massive open-world environments, and gory amputation that we wonder how it will scale down to the Xbox One's hardware. It uproots the series from its island origins to a zombie-savaged version of Los Angeles (or, as the trailer calls it, 'Hell-A'). The open-world zombie survival game, as developed by British game studio Dambuster, also got a firm release date of February 2, 2023, on current- and past-gen consoles and Windows PCs (via Epic Games Store).

Eight years after its public announcement, Dead Island 2 finally looks like a video game-and its bloody, polished gameplay reveal capped off a lengthy Gamescom opening night presentation of video game trailers and announcements.

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