On 9 June 2014, " Dead Island 2 " was announced during the PlayStation E3 press conference.
A third title and first official sequel for the series, " Dead Island 2 ", was revealed at E3 2014.
They later began work on " Dead Island 2 " together with Deep Silver, however Deep Silver cut ties with Yager in 2015.
Unlike its predecessors, which took place on islands as the titles state, " Dead Island 2 " takes place in locations in California.
On August 27, 2014, Deep Silver revealed that access to a beta version of " Dead Island 2 ", the third main entries of the series, will be available for those who pre-order " Escape Dead Island " on any of the platforms.