Thanks to Yager’s input, Dead Island 2 looks to be a whole different beast. Previous Dead Island games were created by Techland, who turned out games that looked great in the trailers, but were released riddled with glitches and offering disappointing gameplay. The latest instalment in the Dead Island series is being developed by Yager, a Berlin-based studio responsible for Spec Ops: The Line. That’s what I came away thinking after having some lengthy hands-on time with Dead Island 2 at GamesCom 2014.