


Reed and a couple more core members of the project.

Taken aback by this turn of events, the entire facility went down and almost all of its staff died, save for Dr. Soon after, the dead subjects rose back to life, but they were never the same and now resemble what we see as the zombies in the game. They first tested it on six subjects, but after introducing the pathogen to the subjects, all of them expired. Reed developed the HK1 pathogen which “spoofs” the zero-clock state and basically speeds up the process without having to wait for more than a century. After a long battle against the final boss, you awaken on a final run to get back into the helicopter, killing every zombie between you and your objective. All they knew from their research was that this event will happen sometime around 2160.ĭriven by his curiosity to know what is going to happen, Dr. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner YAGER. At first, nobody knew why this was the case and what will happen when the time is up. An official statement from the publisher read: 'With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. Reed discovered that there is a hard coded part within humanity’s DNA that appears to be a ticking clock that is ticking down. Over 25 years before the events of the game, Dr. Reed to merely speed up the process of what is known in the game as Autophagy, which was actually the greater threat that the doctor unwittingly brought onto humanity earlier than expected. The HK1 Virus was a virus that was created by Dr.
