Dead Island 3 is aiming for release in 2028, which means it'll take 7 years less to make than Dead Island 2

It was a long 12-year stretch between Dead Island—the one with the famous reveal trailer—and the sequel, Dead Island 2, which wasn't particularly great but still managed to become "the biggest launch" in Deep Silver's history. That much of a break between games isn't ideal, although in hindsight it was clearly the right move: Former Deep Silver comms chief Martin Wein said earlier this year that the publisher could have pushed out the game to meet its original release, and it probably "would have killed the franchise."

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