Summary
November 2 is the day that co-op zombie slaying gameDead Island 2will release its first major DLC expansion, titledHaus.Dead Island 2finally released earlier this year after being trapped in development hell for nearly a decade. Upon launch,Dead Island 2earned mixed reviews, though it was generally considered a worthy successor to its predecessor, with impressive graphics and solid zombie-killing fun bogged down by some technical issues.
Since launch,Dead Island 2has received important updates that have improved the experience by addressing its biggest bugs. Soon fans will have a more substantial update to look forward to, asdeveloper Dambuster Studiosand publisher Deep Silver are preparing to release theHausDLC forDead Island 2.
Dead Island 2’s DLC plans and roadmapwere announced a few months after the game’s launch. At the time, it was confirmed thatDead Island 2would have at least two DLC story expansions for fans to check out, with the first,Haus, launching in Q4 2023.Haushas now been confirmed to release on Thursday, November 2. The announcement was made on Twitter along with some key art for the DLC, though an official trailer still has yet to drop. While fans wait to see theDead Island 2DLC in action, they can take note of the description that was previously released for it, which states that the DLC will be about a billionaire who has organized a “techno-death cult” in the midst of the zombie apocalypse.
Dead Island 2fans will want to get their co-op group back together forHaus' launch on November 2. Those that still haven’t had their fill ofDead Island 2after the launch ofHauson November 2 can look forward to the game’s second expansion,SOLA Festival, which is set to launch in Q2 2024. Not much is known about theSOLA FestivalDLC, except it’s set at a Los Angeles music festival of some kind. Based on how the release date reveal forDead Island 2’s first DLChas been handled, fans likely won’t learn more about theSOLA FestivalDLC until a month before its launch.
It remains to be seen if theDead Island 2DLC is enough to convince lapsed players to pick the game back up again, but it could reignite some interest in the zombie game. It’s unlikely that the DLC will be quite as expansive as the standaloneDead Island: Riptidethat was released for the first game, but it should still give fans plenty of reason to pop the game back in on November 2.
Dead Island 2is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
