{"id":56036,"date":"2023-10-11T20:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/?p=56036"},"modified":"2023-10-11T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:39:05","slug":"dead-island-2-story-expansion-pits-players-against-a-malibu-cult-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/news\/dead-island-2-story-expansion-pits-players-against-a-malibu-cult-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Island 2 Story Expansion Pits Players Against A Malibu Cult Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dead Island 2 is getting its first story expansion dubbed Haus. The adventure whisks players to new locations to take on a mysterious cult while surviving that pesky&nbsp;zombie apocalypse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This new storyline centers on techno-death cults hosted by its crazed leader, Konstantin, who believes such battles are the &#8220;paragon of the future.&#8221; The adventure unfolds in a Malibu villa, described in a press release as a &#8220;deranged labyrinth of biomes where rational architecture is subverted by expanding narrative spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead Island 2 Review\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-1ss1s7xWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Your guess is as good as ours as to what that means, but&nbsp;Haus features eight new cards and new weapons, such as&nbsp;the long-ranged K-Rossbow and the flame-spewing&nbsp;Hog Roaster. Developer Dambuster Studios has not posted a trailer but did release a few screenshots that you can view below.<\/p>\n<p>Dead Island 2 Haus launches on November 2. You can read our review of the base game here, and be sure to check out our deep-dive feature on&nbsp;the development of Yager Interactive&#8217;s scrapped version of Dead Island 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2023\/10\/11\/d5adea14\/haus_screenshot_action_03_clean.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2023\/10\/11\/255bc0a7\/haus_screenshot_action_01.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2023\/10\/11\/fea1e0e1\/haus_screenshot_mood_01.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<h2>Products In This Article<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/review_summary_game_cover\/public\/2022\/08\/23\/d6fbc89d\/deadisland2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Dead Island 2<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2023\/10\/11\/dead-island-2-story-expansion-pits-players-against-a-malibu-cult-next-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead Island 2 is getting its first story expansion dubbed Haus. The adventure whisks players to new locations to take on a mysterious cult while surviving that pesky&nbsp;zombie apocalypse.&nbsp; This new storyline centers on techno-death cults hosted by its crazed leader, Konstantin, who believes such battles are the &#8220;paragon of the future.&#8221; The adventure unfolds in a Malibu villa, described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dead Island 2 Story Expansion Pits Players Against A Malibu Cult Next Month - saveupdata.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/news\/dead-island-2-story-expansion-pits-players-against-a-malibu-cult-next-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dead Island 2 Story Expansion Pits Players Against A Malibu Cult Next Month - saveupdata.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dead Island 2 is getting its first story expansion dubbed Haus. 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