Only a stone’s throw from L.A. Live, where developers and media from across the globe would soon congregate for The Game Awards, lies a quiet bar nestled inside the Hotel Figueroa. If not for the occasional passerby waxing poetically about their predictions for 2023’s game of the year, one might remain oblivious to the buzz building around gaming’s version of the Oscars (with a way bigger audience). It’s here that Dambusters’ game director David Stenson met with Inverse to reminisce about the reception to his latest game, the infamous zombie survival RPG Dead Dead Island 2.
