Utvecklarna bakom Dead Island 2, Yager (som bland annat gjort Spec-Ops: The Line) har uttalat sig om spelet i en nygjord GRTV-intervju. Du ser intervjun i sin helhet nedan.
"We wanted to expand on that concept, and what we come to now is this eight player, dedicated server... basically the world's smallest MMO. You're going to be in a persistent world that you can always come back to with your friends... we feel that ease of use and social nature of it was a real core thing to Dead Island. And that's where we're going to take it."