Dying Light: The Beast Delayed to September for ‘Extra Polishing Work’

Dying Light: The Beast, the upcoming survival horror sport from Techland, has been delayed. The sport’s launch has been pushed again to September 19, 2025, from its authentic August 21 launch date, the developer introduced Friday. Techland stated the four-week-long delay would permit it to do “extra polishing work” on the sport. A follow-up to 2022’s Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Dying Light: The Beast is about to launch on PC and current-generation consoles, with a PS4 and Xbox One launch deliberate for late 2025.

Dying Light: The Beast Delayed

“It has always been our goal to make Dying Light: The Beast the best Dying Light game we’ve ever released,” Techland stated in a weblog publish on its web site Friday.

“To honor this promise, we’ve made the decision to move the release date to September 19, 2025, to allow for extra polishing work.

“We understand that this may be disappointing, but our experience has shown how important the first impression is. With just four additional weeks, we can address final details that make all the difference between good and great.”

The studio stated it will take the extra time to tune the steadiness of gameplay components, enhance UI readability, improve physics high quality, and enhance cutscenes and participant animations.

Techland promised common updates on the sport within the coming weeks, together with a playable demo at Gamescom in August and an replace on the sport’s gore system subsequent week.

Dying Light: The Beast was introduced at Gamescom 2024 and obtained a gameplay trailer at Summer Game Fest final month. The zombie slasher will see the return of fan-favourite Kyle Crane, the protagonist from 2015’s Dying Light.

The sport will function two distinct playstyles and a day and night time cycle that drastically modifications the expertise for gamers. Dying Light: The Beast additionally helps up to four-player co-op with shared development. The sport will launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X on September 19 and is at the moment up for pre-order. A PS4 and Xbox One model is deliberate for launch later this yr.

Last month, Techland launched an replace for the unique Dying Light, that includes graphics and audio enhancements. The Retouched replace featured enhancements to textures, lighting, draw distances and shadow high quality, alongside a remastered soundtrack for the sport.