Hey! Remember Dead Island 2? The sequel to Techland’s zombie-killing open world sandbox was announced back when zombies were still the monster du jour. More than half a decade ago, the game was meant to being development by Techland themselves, but they went off with Warner Bros to make the superlative open world zombie experience, Dying Light (a game that’s still supported with add-on content to this day)

Announced last year, Microsoft have unveiled a brand new gameplay trailer for the open-world zombie-killing fun show. The trailer, while also showing off some of the games gloriously gory violence, seems to also be placing a much greater emphasis on the story in Dying Light 2, focusing on Aiden as he waxes philosophical about what it means to be alive …

Developer Techland announced that they were teaming up with the publisher to bring their parkour-fuelled zombie kill-‘em-up to the world Announced yesterday by Square Enix over on Twitter, the company revealed that they would be partnering up with Techland to publish Dying Light 2 with more information to be revealed during their E3 showcase which takes place on the 10th …

Remember Dead Island 2? The sequel to the janky, somewhat broken but kinda fun zombie sandbox from Techland was first officially announced in 2014, for a release in 2015. The game wouldn’t be developed by Techland, because they’d run off into Warner Bros’ warms to make the infinitely superior, though admittedly similar Dying Light. Instead, the game would be developed …

Sandbox games are kind of starting to feel formulaic. You get the exception to the rule now and then, but for the most part it’s easy to roll your eyes when you hear of another game claiming to have a vast and open world that is just begging to be explored. One of the bigger tricks that developers use? Telling you the player, that your choices actually matter when in fact the consequences for your actions seldom carry any weight to them. Dying Light 2 developer Techland wants to change that conception.

Good things come to those who wait, but for those of you who started sweating profusely when Techland closed down their distribution service and thought that this was a dire portent for the sequel? Fret not, Techland is now more focused than ever on development of Dying Light 2.

12 players enter, only 1 can leave. Scavenge for weapons, harvest zombie hives to level up, and combine your advanced parkour mobility with brutal combat skills to outrun, outsmart, and outplay your opponents in Dying Light: Bad Blood.

Choices in video games, rarely pay off. The consequences attached to going against the grain usually feel lacklustre and insubstantial. Where’s the payoff? I don’t want a character who looks slightly more demonic than usual, I want a reflection of the compromises that I’ve made to be reflected in short-term gains that I’ve gone for. It’s an idea that Dying Light 2 developer Techland is examining deeply with their upcoming undead parkour sequel, as they blend a story of choices with gameplay that complements the decisions that you’ve made.