‘Dead Island’ dev Techland goes back to zombies in ‘Dying Light’ for WBIE

By Michael Rougeau Published February 16, 2015

Dying Light — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Dead Island developer Techland is turning from zombies to… more zombies with Dying Light, a newly announced first-person “action survival horror game” to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game heads to both current-gen and next-gen consoles as well as PC sometime in 2014.

Recommended Videos

The game is set in a “vast open world” with “a portentous day-night cycle,” according to a press release. Players spend the daylight hours scavenging for supplies and crafting weapons in a decrepit city, while nighttime brings more powerful enemies as “the hunter becomes the hunted.” Dying Light also features free-running mechanics that allow for “nearly unrestricted exploration.”

It sounds like parts of Metro: Last Light, Minecraft, I Am Legend, and, of course Dead Island, Techland’s first-person zombie hack-and-slash series, all rolled into one. There’s also a Facebook page with some more images. Hopefully we’ll get a look at Dying Light during E3 2013 in June.

Topics

Michael Rougeau

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Mike Rougeau is a journalist and writer who lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and two dogs. He specializes in video…

Gaming

Dying Light 2 brings back zombie-killing mayhem — and humanity

A character looks down at a horde of the undead in Dying Light 2.

Here's a plain fact: Zombie games are very fun to play. Gunning down hordes of undead monsters is a simple pleasure to grasp. Whether it is Back 4 Blood or Dead Rising, we all take morbid joy in cracking some undead skulls. When a new zombie game comes out, we spend little time wondering if the combat will be fun, because nine out 10 times, it will be.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human - Official Gameplay Trailer

Gaming

Back 4 Blood gets offline solo play and new cards next month

The Breaker towers over common zombies in Back 4 Blood.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment just released a Back 4 Blood road map of updates slated for later this year and into the next. The publisher tweeted out these end-of-year plans for the zombie multiplayer, with small details on soon-to-come features and content.

This month's updates mostly include quality-of-life improvements and major bug fixes. December introduces fresh features like supply lines, a Ridden Practice area, and a solo offline mode with campaign progression. This winter update also incorporates new card types and cards into the game's card system, which should mix up the meta as it is now.

Gaming

Dying Light 2 delayed again, will release in 2022’s busiest month

A sunset over the city in Dying Light 2.

Following the announcement of a December release date after an indefinite delay, Dying Light 2 has been pushed back once again. The zombie-parkour mashup from developer Techland is now set to release on February 4, 2022, placing it at the start of a month already packed with major releases.

In a post on Twitter, Techland said that "The game is complete and we are currently playtesting it." However, even in this state, the developer wants more time -- nearly two extra months -- to give the long-awaited game more polish. "It is by far the biggest and most ambitious project we've ever done," the post continues. "Unfortunately, we've realized for us to bring the game to the level we envision, we need more time to polish and optimize it." Dying Light 2 was originally set to release on December 7.