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Despite no announcement from Microsoft, the 2023 zombie game Dead Island 2 is now on Xbox Game Pass. On February 21, people began reporting that Dead Island 2 was added to the catalog. Some feared it might have been a mistake. However, the game’s official social media accounts and website subsequently confirmed it’s legitimate.
Just a day prior, on February 20, Microsoft posted a list of upcoming titles for Xbox Game Pass, and Dead Island 2 was not mentioned. The Game Pass library is known to add titles in a surprise manner like this, so it’s not unprecedented.
Dead Island 2 was released less than a year ago and sold about 2 million copies during its first month.The game had a very long and tumultuous road to release. It was announced in 2014 and went …