According to some sources both internal Czech Division of the Eurogamer website, Dead Island 2 could be postponed until September so this clash with the biggest blockbuster of autumn, belying the supposed release date suggested by an old placeholder for Amazon, which placed the game on April 24.

It is in fact very much that we have no information of the game or the beta that would spring from a short, then a postponement to autumn is certainly plausible. At the moment nor Deep Silver nor Yager Development have confirmed or denied this rumor, so expect any official releases.