Two new survivors have been revealed for Dead Island 2 - Ryan the sex worker who has special skills related to blocking and dodging, and Dani the Irish punk rocker who specialises in heavy attacks.

Considering the marketing for Dead Island 2 has focused on one character so far, Jacob, you'd be forgiven for thinking that he's the main playable protagonist. That's not the case, however, as there are actually six playable survivors overall, two more than the original Dead Island. Thanks to a recent preview from Game Informer, we now know about two more of those survivors - Ryan and Dani.

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Ryan is a "tanky" sex worker who finds himself in L.A. to strip for a bachelorette party. When Ryan finds out he's been bitten (although he and the other five survivors don't turn), his main objective becomes to survive in order to look after his brother, who he's a caretaker for. Ryan's unique character skills include getting a "moderate force boost" from blocking and dodging, and regaining health from knocking down zombies.

Ryan in Dead Island 2.
Image: Game Informer

On Ryan, Dead Island 2's narrative designer Khan said, “I like to think of (Ryan) as stubbornness personified. He will set his heels and block and refuse to budge. He’s a wonderful tanky character if you want to spec him up that way. But he’s also just a really good slow steady Eddy – just a, ‘I will not dodge around and I will not yield.’ What makes someone like that?”

Next up is Dani, an Irish punk rocker who finds herself in L.A. for a roller derby tournament, and seems to thrive in the apocalypse thanks to her "working to live" attitude. This translates to Dani being a more aggressive survivor, whose heavy attacks release explosions on impact and who can get health back from quick attacks in succession.

Khan had this to say about Dani, "The last thing I wanted was to make a caricature of an Irish woman. I wanted somebody who is a modern California girl and... somebody who's ended up as someone who charges into the fray and loves fucking shit up in a as gratuitous and gleeful and joyful way as possible. She's a laughing berserker. She's not been rewarded for being good at work and now she's really good at this."

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