With a little less than a month to go to its previously announced date, Techland has announced that they are delaying the release of Dying Light: The Beast to 19th September 2025.
Previously expected for 22nd August, the extra month will allow for extra polish.
In the statement, Techland writes:
It has always been our goal to make Dying Light: The Beast the best Dying Light game we’ve ever released. 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’ve been carefully listening to what you’ve been saying – whether through playtests, the recent preview coverage and in comments. With just four additional weeks, we can address final details that make all the difference between good and great. Areas we want to improve based on player feedback include finetuning the balance of gameplay elements, looking into clarity of UI, increasing the quality of physics, as well as tweaking cutscene and player animations further.
We know this might be disappointing to some fans, and we understand. Dying Light: The Beast is the culmination of everything we’ve learned in more than a decade of the series, and this experience has shown us how important the first impression is.
The team promises regular updates through the now 8 weeks before launch, and a playable demo of the game will be available at Gamescom in Hall 6, so you can check out Kyle Crane’s return if you’re heading to the show.
Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone game that grew out of the second planned DLC for Dying Light 2. Because of that, it will be available separately, of course, but is also still being released at no extra cost for owners of Dying Light 2: Ultimate Edition. Techland have a great reputation for long support and consumer-friendly moves, and this is just another example of that.
We previewed The Beast back at Gamescom last year, Dom saying “Going so far beyond the minimum bar feels indicative of Techland’s approach to their premiere series, and to its fans. Thus far, The Beast looks stunning, with visceral and spectacular action tied to the franchise’s most impressive visuals yet. We can’t wait to see more.”
Source: Steam
