Speaking of guns, there will be projectile weapons in the game-including an AK47 and some neat flame-powered crossbows-but like its predecessors, Dead Island 2 focuses on melee combat. Other militarized factions and the US government will be there, guns blazing, waiting to take you down. You're not the only ones causing havok on the streets, though. Enter Bezerker, Hunter, Bishop, and Speeder, Dead Island 2's collection of zombie-immune heroes that roam the streets of California. Trouble is, he's not immune to the zombie virus. He's the fun-loving, adrenaline-junkie type, the sort that wants to get out there and smash some skulls in a bid to clean up the streets of California.

You maybe remember Max from the trailer, or at least his foot, as he jumped out of the van to pick up a shoe.

Leading the charge from a clapped-out van is Max and his cat companion, Rick Furry, which-in a rather odd moment-Yager confessed to being the first motion-captured cat in a video game. Max has a cat, and his name is Rick Furry. Cue the introduction of Dead Island's merry band of zombie-bashing zealots. According to Dead Island 2 lore, the entire state of California was declared a quarantine zone by the US government, leaving just a handful of people around to fight it out amongst the zombie hordes. Instead of largely uninhabited swaths of jungle, there will be houses, and offices, and regular joes trying to live out their lives in the middle of zombie apocalypse. What I do know, though, is that the likes of LA's beaches, San Francisco's pier, and the Hollywood Hills are being touted as locations.

Leaving the tropical island of Banoi behind for the vast expanses of California is quite the change, although just how much of the western state is making it into the game isn't clear. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

Dead island 2 at e3 2018