Zombie video game fans have been familiar with the “Dead Island” series for years. The next installment was announced last week at E3. Dead Island 2 will be coming  to us from Yager Studios and this time the zombie apocalypse hits sunny California.  View the announcement trailer for Dead Island 3 below:

Dead Island 3 Announcement Trailer:

The protagonist this time around is Max, along with his companion, a cat named Rick Furry. While the title “Dead Island 2” and cats named “Rick Furry” don’t exactly scream originality, we’re hoping all the creativity is being saved for the gameplay itself.

Max isn’t immune to the zombie virus but there are Berzerker, Hunter, Bishop and Speeder heroes that are. Of course zombies aren’t the only threat. Players will need to worry about the US Goverment and miltarized factions eager to gun you down should you get in their way.

Dead Island 2 Weapons:

What about weapons? Of course there are many melee weapons since that’s always the focus of Dead Island games in the past. There will also be some firearms such as an AK47 and projectile weapons like a  flame powered crossbow. (I’ll hold Daryl Dixon jokes until my first play through.) New additions to the weapons system in Dead Island 2 include the ability to dual wield and the addition of motorized weapons.  Similar to the weapons crafting system in Dead Rising (and 90% of other zombie video games out there) you’ll have the ability to make some crazy weapons with things like chainsaws, hedge clippers and more.

Yager claims they’re going to make combat much more entertaining this go around which will hopefully be an improvement from the clunky and sometimes annoying battles in previous versions of Dead Island.  Other new improvements include a new “fury attack” for heroes and “Social Multiplayer.”  The latter allows up to 8 players share a single map and they can choose to compete, coexist or cooperate.

Dead Island 2 Release Date:

At the time of this post there is no definitive release date for Dead Island 2 which will be available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Yager has simply stated the release date window is currently planned for Spring of 2015.

Source: Gamespot.com