Financial documents have revealed that not only is Dead Island 3 in development at Dambuster Studios, but it’s aiming for a 2028 release.
This was spotted by user bogorad222 on X, who posted the Dambuster Studios annual financial report online including a brief overview of the company and what it’s currently working on. The overview reveals the primary focus of the studio is now Dead Island 3.
“After [the] release of Dead Island 2 Ultimate Edition in October 2024, the primary focus for Dambuster Studio is now Dead Island 3,” the report states. “All developers are assigned to the project and once the Luna and Mac versions of Dead Island 2 are complete all of Dambuster’s QA team will also be assigned to Dead Island 3.”
The report continues: “Parts of the game are now in early production with feature, character, world and story design moving at pace. The current predicted release window for the project is Q 1/2 2028.”
As for Dambuster’s main risks, the report states these stem from “having the right vision and mission to know which games are trending in 3-5 years, staying on top of engineering standards of AAA games as well as having the right talented team available for working on the projects.”
Dead Island 3 had been teased back in September, as Dambuster celebrated 20 million Dead Island 2 players. In a celebratory post, Dambuster stated the outbreak was “far from over”, leaving many curious as to where the series would head next. The game, which struggled during development, did eventually launch to plentiful sales.
If you’ve not played Dead Island 2, Eurogamer’s review described it as: “A straightforwardly accomplished zombie action-RPG that doesn’t quite make the most of its Californian setting.”