10 Hyped Video Games In Development (That Will Never Be Released)

10. Dead Island 2

Released in 2011, Techland's Dead Island was a relatively-well regarded tropical take on the well-tread zombie apocalypse concept. Though a little wonky and unpolished in places, it garnered enough interest to warrant a few spin-off titles and an eventual sequel.

Announced all the way back in 2014 and originally scheduled for a release some time in 2015, Dead Island 2 has seemingly gone colder than the D.B. Cooper case. Nonetheless, publisher Deep Silver has remained adamant that the game is still in development and will see eventual release. The recent announcement of Dying Light 2—the sequel to one of Techland's other successful IPs—lends a dubious air to these claims, however.

Worse still is that, aside from a short trailer and a brief snippet of gameplay made available in 2014, we have yet to see any meaningful footage of Dead Island 2. While that doesn't necessarily indicate that the project has been completely abandoned, it would be nice to see what Techland has been up to over the four year period since the title's announcement.