Dying Light delayed to February 2015

By Will Fulton May 9, 2014

Zombies shield themselves from a UV light in Dying Light 1. — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Techland has pushed back the release of their zombie survival game Dying Light to February 2015 in order to fully realize their “vision of an innovative open-world game.” The Polish developer apparently didn’t eat their fill with their previous open-world zombie survival game, Dead Island, and want to just keep the feeding frenzy going.

In a press release, Techland stressed that “the Natural Movement element of our game will change what you expect from the genre, and we don’t want to sacrifice any of its potential by releasing too early. This quality-focused thinking underlines all our development choices and we hope you share our belief that the gameplay must always come first.”

The game was originally slated for March 31 of this year. The developers promised that more features of the game will be shared next month at E3.

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