Okay, so this one has a bit of history. The developers of the original Dead Island, Techland, were originally slated to work on the sequel before moving onto the excellent Dying Light for Warner Bros. Development duties then shifted to Yager Development who worked on the sequel for a number of years before its version being shelved prior to its planned 2015 release date. And from there...

Development duties shifted once again, this time to Sumo Digital. Publisher Deep Silver and Yager parted ways, with the latter ending up closing down, and the world pretty much moved on chalking this one up to being cancelled. Not so says Deep Silver, who in a statement to Eurogamer noted that "Dead Island 2 is in development at Sumo Digital, and we are excited by the progress the team are making with Deep Silver’s most successful IP."

Which comes after a year or so of silence about the game's progress. Well no news since development duties shifted to Sumo Digital. No word on a release date or when we'd get our first glimpse at the new Dead Island 2 -- but hopefully its sooner rather than later. Also, this news kind of makes us wonder what the talented team at Techland are cooking up. Dying Light 2 perhaps?

Anyway, here's a look at the cancelled Dead Island 2 circa Gamescom 2014.