Yager may not be working on Dead Island 2 anymore, having split with Deep Silver on the project but its former director Bernd Diemer has already found a new project. Diemer announced on Twitter that he’s joined Guerrilla Games to work on Horizon: Zero Dawn, the Killzone developer’s upcoming open world action RPG. His role hasn’t been revealed yet however.

Horizon: Zero Dawn is arguably one of the biggest games coming out on the PS4 next year (behind Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End) so this is a pretty strong win for Diemer’s profile. The game was recently showcased at Tokyo Game Show 2015 but there’s still plenty about the game we’re yet to find out, including its exact scale and other mechanics.

What are your thoughts on Diemer joining Guerrilla for Horizon: Zero Dawn? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below and stay tuned for more information in the coming months.

Deep Silver made a rather surprising announcement earlier when it revealed that Yager Developments had been dropped as the developer for Dead Island 2. Managing director Timo Ulmann later issued a statement where he explained that the spit was due to a difference in vision.

“Our team is made of the best creative minds and tech specialists, who all share a common identity. The team worked with enthusiasm to take Dead Island 2 to a new level of quality. However, Yager and Deep Silver’s respective visions of the project fell out of alignment, which led to the decision that has been made.”

The Spec Ops: The Line developer is currently working on Dreadnought with Grey Box and Ulmann revealed that the studio will “focus current efforts on Dreadnout” and other “new projects.”

Dead Island 2 is slated for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC with the beta arriving first on PS4. Thus far, Deep Silver hasn’t named a new developer for the project so stay tuned for more updates.