Deep Silver (@deepsilver) and Dambuster Studios (@DSDambuster) announced that zombie-slaying video game Dead Island 2 (@deadislandgame) has sold over 1 million copies after just three days on sale. The title has won fans from around the world with countless players snapping up a copy of the drop dead gore-geous game in the first 72 hours. #DeadIsland2 #SeeYouInHellA

Dead Island 2 picks up the Dead Island and Escape Dead Island storyline several months after the events on the Banoi islands. The United States military has put the Golden State under full quarantine which, for some, is a dream come true with a promise of a fresh start. California's newfound bloody paradise is an action-packed playground featuring the acclaimed, seamless multiplayer for up to eight players who cooperate, compete or simply coexist in a truly social, new-gen multiplayer experience.

Dead Island 2 in numbers

• More than 1 million – copies of Dead Island 2 sold in first weekend
• 11 million – total hours played
• 28 million – total number of player deaths (over twice the population of Los Angeles)
• 45 million – zombies sliced in half
• 756 million – zombie limbs hacked off
• 1.1 billion – total number of zombies slayed

Dead Island 2 is available on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, and the Epic Games Store for PC.

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