"“Dead Island: Riptide is the next instalment in the Dead Island franchise but it is not the sequel to Dead Island.” States Anthony Cardahi, Creative Producer at Deep Silver, when discussing the advances being made with the upcoming second Dead Island title.
“We wanted to provide more ‘Dead Island’ to players relatively fast and also to continue the story where we had left off, so it made sense to use the same – but improved – engine as Dead Island. The core mechanics are the same and a lot of things are familiar.”"