The release date of Dying Light: The Beast has been pushed back by four weeks to “allow for extra polishing”. It will now arrive on September 19, 2025.

Developer Techland shared the news that Kyle Crane’s beastly zombie-killing story will be in players’ hands a little later than expected, having shifted from its original August 21 launch day.

It explained the decision via a blog post that said: “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 understand that this may be disappointing, but our experience has shown how important the first impression is”, the Polish studio continued. “With just four additional weeks, we can address final details that make all the difference between good and great. Areas we want to improve include finetuning the balance of gameplay elements, looking into clarity of UI, increasing the quality of physics, as well as tweaking cutscenes and player animations further as well as adding last little details.

Alongside the announcement, it was also shared that The Beast will be playable via a public demo at this year’s gamescom, and that next week, updates on the game’s progress will continue with a look into its gore. Tasty.

For our latest impressions of Dying Light: The Beast, check out our recent hands-on preview where we described it as a “supercharged sequel”.

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