With how much Dead Island 2’s apocalypse parody poked fun at the Los Angeles area earlier this year, I guess it was only a matter of time before it turned its attention from vicious zombies to equally mindless cultists. I mean, how could they forget California’s reputation for welcoming eccentric people who then take advantage of our tolerance by brainwashing vast swathes of the population? Thankfully, this is something developer Dambuster Studios has corrected with its first DLC, Haus, which transports your character to a cult compound in Malibu where you’ll rub elbows with rich elites and smack down zombies who look like they’re dressed for the runway. And while I won't turn my nose up at a few more good laughs from a game I enjoyed, a three-hour runtime and very few new wrinkles to change up Dead Island 2’s basic zombie slashing formula make this jaunt extremely short-lived and a little unexciting.
Dead Island 2 Haus Expansion to Launch on November 2
11.10.2023 - 18:39 / wccftech.com
Today, Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios announced the release date of Dead Island 2 Haus. This first expansion for the game will debut on November 2 on all platforms, introducing an entirely new story where a billionaire's 'tecno-death cult' fights for survival during the zombie apocalypse.
Dead Island 2 Haus takes place in an all-new location, a mysterious and stylish Malibu mansion where the boundaries of morality are pushed to the limit. The villa is both a sanctuary and a machine that strips away the flesh and harvests the soul. Players will weave through the deranged labyrinth of biomes, where rational architecture is subverted by expanding narrative spaces.
Players will be able to unlock new slaying tools to survive this horror:
Owners of the expansion pass (priced at $29.99) won't have to pay anything more. It is unclear whether Dead Island 2 Haus will be purchasable as a standalone DLC. The expansion pass also includes the second story expansion, SOLA Festival, scheduled to launch in Q2 2024.
Dead Island 2 was quite successful despite the troubled development history. When it launched earlier this year, it became Deep Silver's biggest launch ever in terms of unit sales and revenue.
The game got a 7.5 out of 10 score in Wccftech's review:
Games that go through development hell hardly turn out great, but Dambuster Studio proved with Dead Island 2 that this is not always the case, although the game is far from a masterpiece. While the gameplay works and feels quite fun at the start of the game, things become repetitive very quickly due to the linearity of the experience and the shallowness of the combat system.
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Investigate a Techno-Death Cult in Dead Island 2 Expansion 'Haus' on PS5, PS4 | Push Square
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Dead Island 2 Haus DLC: Story, Price & Release Date
's publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Games have revealed the game's first story expansion,. The expansion will see players venture to a completely new post-apocalyptic area to deal with a mysterious cult and will include completely new weapons and skill cards to aid them on this mission.
Dead Island 2 trades zombie fiction for the everyday reality of Silicon Valley by adding a 'billionaire's secret techno-death cult' in its first expansion
Haus, the first story expansion for the zombie beatdown romp Dead Island 2, promises to take players on a journey through a «surreal, psycho-horror dreamscape» as they investigate a previously unknown cult that's fighting to survive (and spread a somewhat dubious vision for the future of humanity) in an all-new region of undead-infested Los Angeles.
Dead Island 2’s first expansion Haus is out in November
The first story expansion for Dead Island 2 is coming out in just a few weeks, with Dambuster Studio and publisher Plaion confirming that Haus will release on 2nd November.
Dead Island 2's Haus DLC feels like a homage to Bioshock and Deathloop
I was mixed on Dambusters' Dead Island 2 - I thought the combat had flair but not much depth, loved the game's decadently disastrous Los Angeles, but hated how exploration boiled down to nosing around for crafting materials. The game's first story DLC expansion, Haus, amps up the weirdness of the environments by transporting you to a "surreal, psycho-horror dreamscape" in blissful Malibu.
Dead Island 2's first story expansion Haus arrives November
Dead Island 2 invites players to indulge their fetishes with its first story expansion, Haus.