We’ve got new official info on Useless Island 3, which isn’t solely now confirmed to be in improvement, however has a goal launch window.
In a monetary report noticed by X / Twitter consumer @bogorad222, the Plaion-owned UK developer Dambuster Studios stated its main focus is now Useless Island 3. That is the primary time we’ve heard Useless Island 3 talked about in any official capability, though the studio had teased it earlier this yr.
Dambuster Studios’ monetary statements are out (as of March 2025)The corporate employed 194 employeesDead Island 3 is in developmentThe present predicted launch window for the mission is Q1/2 2028 pic.twitter.com/FOHOitH3nD
— Timur222 (@bogorad222) December 16, 2025
The report mentions that every one Dambuster’s builders at the moment are on Useless Island 3, and as soon as the Luna and Mac variations of Useless Island 2 are full all of Dambuster’s QA workforce may even transfer over to Useless Island 3. As of the top of March 2025, Dambuster had 194 staff.
“Elements of the sport at the moment are in early manufacturing with function, character, world and story design shifting at tempo,” the report continues. And right here’s the place issues get actually attention-grabbing: we actually have a “present predicted launch window” of Q1/2 2028. So, as issues stand, Useless Island 3 is due out by the top of June 2028.
The existence of Useless Island 3 shouldn’t come as a lot of a shock. In September, Dambuster posted the picture, beneath, alongside the caption: “and the following outbreak is already brewing.”
“It has been 14 years since Useless Island first splattered onto the scene, stranding gamers within the blood-soaked paradise of Banoi,” the message continued.
“Since then, the zompocalypse has crawled from tropical shores to the sun-drenched chaos of HELL-A in Useless Island 2, the place over 20 million Slayers have left nothing however carnage behind.
“This isn’t the ultimate minimize although. Dambuster Studios are already carving out what comes subsequent. For now, the small print keep underneath wraps, the outbreak is way from over…”
Primarily based on the picture, we are able to safely say Useless Island 3 shall be set someplace apart from LA, which stands to purpose. However the place? Given the individual proven within the picture is hitching a journey, maybe Vegas is a pure stopping off level. However actually, it may very well be anyplace. In any case, the primary Useless Island was set on a fictional island chain in Oceania.
If Useless Island 3 does come out the primary half of 2028, it’ll arrive 5 years after Useless Island 2, which itself suffered lengthy durations of improvement hell earlier than ultimately having fun with important success. Useless Island 2 was revealed at E3 2014 however quickly went quiet earlier than “mutual variations” separated Yager from Deep Silver. It was then moved to Sumo Digital earlier than being shifted once more in 2019 to its remaining dwelling of Dambuster Studios. A brand new trailer and gameplay video was launched on December 6, 2022, throughout a Useless Island 2 showcase that introduced it was delayed as soon as once more, slipping 12 weeks to April 2023.
The query is, when will we get our first take a look at Useless Island 3? Maybe 2026 will convey a teaser trailer.
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