10 Announced Video Games That Mysteriously Disappeared

10. Dead Island 2

To kick off with a real doozy, it’s been quite a ride for Dead Island 2. A lot was riding on the follow-up to 2011’s Dead Island, a controversial title that drew a lot of hype during its own announcement only to fall a little short upon release.

It wasn’t well-received by some, for its technical issues and for being a little more one-dimensional than the early footage suggested. Regardless, it performed well enough to warrant Dead Island: Riptide (2013) and spin-off Escape Dead Island (2014).

Dead Island 2 was shown off at E3 and GamesCom in 2014, the work of Yager. After parting ways with publisher Deep Silver over ‘creative differences’ the following year, Dead Island 2 has been left largely rudderless.

Sumo Digital were working on it in 2016. Dambuster Studios were last announced to be at the helm, as of 2019. Ultimately, it’s tough to say when anyone will finally get their hands on the game (currently the Internet is currently going wild over a playable version of the title from June 2015), but Koch Media’s Klemens Kundratitz remains confident. As Eurogamer reports, he has just stated that:

"It's a great story to tell everyone that it's on its third studio, but we like to be judged on the end result and we're really confident that when it comes out it's going to be a kick-ass zombie game. We'll certainly give it all our power."