Shock! Lifeless Island 2 will get delayed for like, the gajillionth time

The painfully prolonged improvement of Lifeless Island 2 continues to tug its battered physique in the direction of an ever-moving goalpost. In information that’s maybe stunning to no one, the game has as soon as once more been delayed.

This time it is by almost three months, taking its launch date from February 3, 2023, to April 28, 2023. In a press release, present developer Dambuster expressed its disappointment in one more delay. “The irony of delaying Lifeless Island 2 is just not misplaced on us, and we’re as disillusioned as you undoubtedly are. The delay is simply 12 quick weeks and improvement is on the ultimate straight now; we’ll take the time we want to verify we will launch a game we’re proud to launch,” the assertion learn. “For these of you who’ve been ready for years, thanks for hanging in there with us.”

Contemplating Lifeless Island 2 has suffered a messy nine-year improvement, an additional 12 weeks nearly feels negligible. To say the game has suffered can be an understatement. It is modified builders twice in its near-decade existence, leaping from Yager Interactive to Sumo Digital earlier than touchdown on the shoulders of Dambuster in 2018. Prior improvement appeared to have been scrapped, with director David Stenton saying the game had been “constructed from scratch” underneath the brand new studio.

It will not be whole radio silence on the game till April. A brand new trailer is releasing on December 6, which can hopefully deal with us to a greater have a look at our pretty zombies in paradise. Sam Greer discovered Lifeless Island 2’s 20-minute demo surprisingly compelling, writing: “There isn’t any figuring out if it has an enthralling marketing campaign to tie all of it collectively, however in its fights the game kills. For the good fight, it is price keeping track of this surprising comeback.”