The previous titles, Dead Island and Riptide, both took place on, well, “islands”. Revealed in June 2014, with a delightful trailer, the “island” in the title had somewhat, er, vanished as the game takes place in Los Angeles. Many of us did not believe Dead Island 2 would ever come out, with its constant delays and frequent silence from its devs and publishers. However, ghosts of the first game’s inherent core do haunt aspects of this new entry into the zombie franchise. Eyes pop out of sockets, skin gets flayed, innards spill, as you take bats and clubs to zombies’ faces. Rockstar has developed a reputation for creating games of the highest quality, and that’s the best marketing strategy in the world.Dead Island 2 contains the most graphically-detailed, up close, melee dismemberment unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Grand Theft Auto V has been a smash hit with gamers since it released in 2013, and its success has fans eager to get their hands on Red Dead Redemption 2.

It wasn’t featured in any of the press conferences, Rockstar doesn’t have a booth, and there have been no gameplay trailers or developer interviews to speak of.Īlthough most publishers and developers use E3 to hype their upcoming games, the truth is Rockstar is in a position where they don’t need to do that in a traditional way. Other than a single banner spotted by the Shacknews staff (and probably thousands of others), Red Dead Redemption 2 has had no noticeable presence at E3 2018. Where Was Red Dead Redemption 2 at E3 2018? One would think as Rockstar prepares for the release of their upcoming western-themed action-adventure game this fall that they would want to build hype, and E3 is the perfect place to do that. While strolling through the halls of E3 2018 and taking in the booths and banners for all the games at the show, it occurred to me that we haven’t heard the smallest peep from what is sure to be the biggest title of the year, Red Dead Redemption 2.

Dead island 2 at e3 2018