Some of you may have heard about Deep Silver dropping Yager from Dead Island 2. Recently though it appears they agreed to part ways:
Timo Ullmann, managing director of Yager Development, has said that the company's departure from Dead Island 2 was down to a difference in vision.
In a statement issued to GamesIndustry.biz, Ullmann reiterated the company's commitment to both AAA development and its own independence - an increasingly difficult double-act in the modern games industry.
"Our team is made of the best creative minds and tech specialists, who all share a common identity," he said. "The team worked with enthusiasm to take Dead Island 2 to a new level of quality. However, Yager and Deep Silver's respective visions of the project fell out of alignment, which led to the decision that has been made."
Yager has another game in development, Dreadnought, with Grey Box attached as a publisher, but Ullman also confirmed the existence of one or more unannounced projects.
"All I can reveal at this point is that Gamescom will be awesome,” he said
Now I happen to like Yager because I loved Spec Ops: The Line, story was great, it had it's fair share of quirks but overall I still love it.
Does this news affect any of you?
Are you less likely to be interested in Dead Island 2?
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