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Sadly, there have been and continue to be plenty of examples in the games industry of projects being in development hell, and until not that long ago, Dead Island 2 fell in that group. First announced nearly a decade ago, the game has gone through its fair share of behind the scenes issues (to say the very least), from multiple delays to changing developers and more.
At long last, the game is now finally out, but even so, its history continues to intrigue us. As such, now that Dead Island 2 has finally managed to release, here, we're going to take a look back at its long and troubled development cycle.
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