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Still no raytracing though.

Another hotfix update for Dying Light: The Beast was rolled out to players today. Hotfix 1.2.3 is focused on fixing a few quest issues, addressing some performance woes, and making Biters a little less grabby.

For PlayStation 5 players, there is a specific fix for some graphical glitches when using HDR.

What isn't included in this update is the return of raytracing. The graphical feature was promoted heavily ahead of the release...

The light can finally die.

Techland has just released Hotfix 1.2.1 for Dying Light: The Beast, addressing a couple prominent bugs that players have reported since the game's mostly smooth launch. The new update is available now on PC and is expected to roll out on consoles "soon." This update comes after players immediately reported a few immersion-breaking issues, including a broken day/night cycle and a bizarre bug that caused rain to fall indoors. What Hotfix 1.2.1 FixesWhile Dyi...

Like zombies, we're also back from the dead.

Two new preview videos for Dying Light: The Beast were recently released. The first video in this series was all about the torture and suffering that the main player character, Kyle Crane, went through. The second video, I'm not really sure about because I may have missed that email when it was released. The third video, the one released today, is all about the zombies.

I'm sure I'll find out what that second video was about...

A fix for Marvel Rivals was also implemented.

Nvidia released the new Game Ready Driver 581.29 today. This driver is the latest in their Game Ready Driver series and includes the latest Nvidia technology support for games such as Borderlands 4 and Dying Light: The Beast.

Also included in this update is a fix for Marvel Rivals that was introduced with the 581.xx driver series. This fix is said to address an issue where players were experiencing lower than expected performance...

Techland provides details for both desktop and laptop configurations.

Dying Light: The Beast is out on September 19, 2025, which gives you about two weeks to make sure your computers are up to snuff enough to play it. Techland released a double dose of system requirements last night that includes not only the system requirements for desktop PCs but also for gaming laptops!

First up, we have the system requirements for desktop PCs. The chart includes four tiers of requirements...

See some of the hell Kyle Crane went through.

In the lead up to the release of Dying Light: The Beast, the team at Techland is kicking off a new video series that will explore various areas of the game. The first release is a short trailer that "explores Kyle Crane's suffering and the tortures he was subjected to by The Baron."

Today's new video is accompanied by a new developer blog, this one in text form. This new blog reveals how the team brought Kyle Crane...

This was probably to be expected, but still.

The upcoming Dying Light: The Beast will be a very gory game. If you thought to yourself "well duh," then good job, enjoy that gold star you gave to yourself.

The latest out of Techland is a new trailer called "Blood & Guts" and it shows off the "extremely brutal and graphic violence" in Dying Light: The Beast. They even suggest you "watch it at your own risk." That is, of course,...

Just an extra month.

A bit of sad news today out of Techland. The studio says that they have decided to delay the release of Dying Light: The Beast by four weeks. This moves the game's release from August 22, 2025 to September 19, 2025.

Techland says that despite the overall positive response to previews that went out this week, the studio says they would like to take an extra four weeks "to allow for extra polishing work." They specifically note that they...

New gameplay trailer shown at Summer Game Fest.

Kyle Crane returns from his outing as Dying Light's protagonist in this new, stand alone game, Dying Light: The Beast. The first gameplay trailer for this one was shared during the Summer Game Fest.

Dying Light: The Beast is expected to release on August 22, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Epic. ...

The newest trailer introduces the Baron.

At The Game Awards 2024, Techland revealed a new trailer for Dying Light: The Beast. This trailer introduces the Baron character as well as as release date window of summer 2025.

The Baron is "an emotionless, calculating, but brilliant scientist" whose real name is Marius Fischer. He's also the person that kept the original Dying Light protagonist, Kyle Crane, imprisoned for over a decade. The Baron carried out experiments...

Get it while you can in order to get The Beast for free.

In a social media post made over the weekend, Techland announced that they will soon remove the Ultimate Edition of Dying Light 2: Stay Human from retailers. This includes the removal of the Upgrade to the Ultimate Edition. These will both be pulled on September 30, 2024.

The reason for this is because those that own Dying Light 2 Ultimate Edition are getting Dying Light: The Beast for free. The Beast was originally...